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Definition of Family Boraginaceae
1. Noun. A widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit.
Generic synonyms: Plant Family
Group relationships: Order Polemoniales, Polemoniales
Member holonyms: Borago, Genus Borago, Amsinckia, Genus Amsinckia, Genus Anchusa, Cordia, Genus Cordia, Cynoglossum, Genus Cynoglossum, Echium, Genus Echium, Genus Hackelia, Genus Lappula, Hackelia, Lappula, Genus Lithospermum, Lithospermum, Genus Mertensia, Mertensia, Genus Myosotis, Myosotis, Genus Onosmodium, Onosmodium, Genus Symphytum, Symphytum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Boraginaceae
Literary usage of Family Boraginaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The borage family (Boraginaceae) includes the heliotrope (Heliotropium), the
hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum), the forget- me-not (Myosotis), and others. ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The borage family (Boraginaceae) includes the heliotrope (Heliotropium), the
hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum), the forget- me-not (Myosotis), and others. ..."
3. Vegetable Gardening by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1915)
"The Borage Family (Boraginaceae),—borage. THE FUNGI The Fungi group includes a
large number of flowerless ..."
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