BORAGE

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French bourage, from Medieval Latin borrago, probably from Arabic dialect *bū‘araq, alteration of Arabic abū ‘araq, literally, source of sweat; from its use as a diaphoretic Date: 14th century a coarse hairy blue-flowered European herb ( Borago officinalis of the family Boraginaceae, the ~ family) used medicinally and in salads