borago

Questions about borago

What does borago mean?

borago means "perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region".

How many syllables are in borago?

borago has 3 syllables and divides as bo-ra-go under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for borago?

Close synonyms include genus Borago. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is borago a common word?

borago is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.