[医] 紫草科

[ noun ]
a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
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Boraginaceous \Bo*rag`i*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants
({Boraginace[ae]}) which includes the borage, heliotrope,
beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.