An annual, bristly European herb (Borago officinalis) having blue or purplish star-shaped flowers.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French bourage, from Medieval Latin borg, probably from Arabic b‘araq, from ’ab ‘araq, source of sweat (from its use as a sudorific) : ’ab, father, source; see b in Appendix II + ‘araq, sweat; see crq in Appendix II.
bôr
j, b
r
g
, probably from Arabic b
‘araq, from ’ab
b in Appendix II + ‘araq, sweat; see crq in Appendix II.
