genus borago

English Thesaurus

1. perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	plant genus,
definition	:	a genus of plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	borage, borago officinalis, tailwort,
definition	:	hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	borage family, boraginaceae, family boraginaceae,
definition	:	a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit (noun.plant)