borage

A noun referring to a hairy, blue-flowered European annual herb, used in herbal medicine and as a culinary ingredient, with leaves that can be eaten raw in salads or cooked like spinach, and also used to flavor sauces and punches.

• 🇪🇸Planta herbácea anual europea, peluda, de flores azules, usada en fitoterapia y cocina; sus hojas pueden comerse crudas en ensaladas o cocinadas como espinacas, y también se emplean para aromatizar salsas y ponches.

1. Edible herb B2 formal culinary

   A hairy blue-flowered European annual herb used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach.

   • She added fresh borage leaves to the salad for a mild cucumber flavor.
   • Borage flowers are often used as a garnish in summer drinks.
   • The soup was seasoned with chopped borage leaves.

   🇪🇸Borraja

   Sinónimos: starflowertailwort

2. Flavoring herb B2 formal culinary

   An herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked.

   • The chef used borage to give the sauce a subtle, refreshing taste.
   • Borage leaves are a traditional ingredient in some herbal punches.
   • You can cook young borage leaves like spinach for a nutritious side dish.

   🇪🇸Boraja

   Sinónimos: starflower

• borages plural form
• borages' possessive plural form
• borage's possessive singular form