1. hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach • Syn: tailwort, Borago officinalis • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Borago, genus Borago 2. an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked • Hypernyms: herb • Part Holonyms: tailwort, Borago officinalis