bourrache

Inherited from Old French bourrache, from Medieval Latin borāgō or borrago, either from Latin borra (“short wool, rough hair”) or Arabic أَبُو العَرَق (ʔabū l-ʕaraq, literally “father of sweat”).

• IPA^(key): /bu.ʁaʃ/

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bourrache f (plural bourraches)

1. (botany) borage (Borago officinalis)

• bourrache on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “bourrache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.