Borage
Borage ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English borage (compare French bourrache, Italian borraggine, borrace, Late Latin borago, borrago, LGr. {not transcribed}), from Late Latin borra, French bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves.]
(Botany) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.