family Boraginaceae

family Boraginaceae
noun
a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
Syn: ↑Boraginaceae, ↑borage family
Hypernyms: ↑plant family
Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
Member Meronyms:

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