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}]