Borago

Borage Borage is a medium-sized Mediterranean native, Borago officinalis, with bright blue flowers and large, fuzzy leaves that have the distinct flavor of cucumber, thanks to enzymes that convert its fatty acids into the same nine-carbon chain nonanal produced by cucumber enzymes.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Borage Borage is a medium-sized Mediterranean native, Borago officinalis, with bright blue flowers and large, fuzzy leaves that have the distinct flavor of cucumber, thanks to enzymes that convert its fatty acids into the same nine-carbon chain nonanal produced by cucumber enzymes.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

So was the bear, “Borago”, chained by one back leg to a post which he was slyly gnawing his way through.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

An old Latin adage says: _Borago ego gaudia semper ago_ -- "I, Borage, bring always courage"; or the name may be derived from the Celtic, _Borrach_, "a noble person."

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

[Illustration: Borage, Famous for "Cool Tankard"] = Borage = (_Borago officinalis_, Linn.), a coarse, hardy, annual herb of the natural order Boraginaceæ.

Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. G. Kains

This Alkanet has various other names, as _Borago sempervirens_,

Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. John Wood

Borago of upper Kaloo, and the Glauci of Kaloo occur.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

Not much change beyond 12,000 feet, at that height Glaucium in abundance, with a few Hyoscyamus parvus, Borago.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

They found there the _Borago latifolia sempervivens_ of Caspar Bauhine;

Notes and Queries, Number 79, May 3, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

CAN'T GO WRONG A fugitive from the annual herb garden, borage Borago officinalis, below can go in the dirt as early as mid-February in New York.

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