a Mediterranean plant with blue flowers that are like stars in shape, and leaves covered with small hairs. Borage leaves are eaten raw as a salad vegetable. Topics Foodc2玻璃苣(地中海植物,开星形蓝花,叶子多绒毛,可作色拉菜生食) Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bourrache, from medieval Latin borrago, perhaps from Arabic 'abū ḥurāš ‘father of roughness’ (referring to the leaves).