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Definition of Boraginaceae
1. Noun. A widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit.
Exact synonyms: Borage Family, Family Boraginaceae
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
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 Boraginaceae
Literary usage of Boraginaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Corolla regular (irregular in Echium of the boraginaceae). ... boraginaceae.
3: 5o. b. Corolla irregular, more or less 2-lipped (regular in Solanaceae, ..."
2. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"Cynoglossum, in boraginaceae. Ovary deeply four-parted; nutlets inserted by their
... Plagiobothrys, in boraginaceae. Fruit a one-celled capsule with a free ..."
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