Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

BORAGE (pronounced like " courage "; ...

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 242 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: BLA-BOS

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

See also:

BORAGE (pronounced like " courage "; possibly from Lat. borra, rough hair)

BORAGE (pronounced like " courage "; possibly from See also:
LAT
Lat. borra, rough See also:
HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)
hair) , a See also:

HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb (Borago officinalis) with See also:

bright See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers and hairy leaves and See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, considered to have some virtue as a cordial and a febrifuge; used as an ingredient in salads or in making See also:

CLARET (from the Fr. vin claret, mod. clairet, wine of a light clear colour, from Lat. clarus, clear)

claret-See also:

CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup, &c .

End of Article: BORAGE (pronounced like " courage "; possibly from Lat. borra, rough hair)

[back]
BORACITE

[next]
BORAGINACEAE

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.

Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.