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Definition: BORAGINACEOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb boraginaceously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(boraginaceously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective boraginaceous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Boraginaceous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: BORAGINACEOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb boraginaceously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(boraginaceously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective boraginaceous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "BORAGINACEOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)