WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
bo•rag•i•na•ceous
(bə raj′ə nā′shəs, bô-, bō-),USA pronunciation adj.
- Plant Biologybelonging to the plant family Boraginaceae. Cf. borage family.
- Neo-Latin Boraginace(ae) family name (Boragin-, stem of Borago genus name; see borage + -aceae -aceae) + -ous
'boraginaceous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alkanet
- anchusa
- borage
- bugloss
- comfrey
- forget-me-not
- heliotrope
- hound's-tongue
- lungwort
- myosotis
- viper's bugloss