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.
Boraginaceae
n : a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by
circinate flowers and nutlike fruit [syn: {family
Boraginaceae}, {borage family}]