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TAILWORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
Synonyms:
borage; Borago officinalis; tailwort
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tailwort" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Meronyms (parts of "tailwort"):
borage (an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked)
Holonyms ("tailwort" is a member of...):
Borago; genus Borago (perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region)
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