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borage

 (n): hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
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3 minutes ago yarb said:

    Magnus Bede carried his son straight to the laboratory. "Is your original potion still here?" he asked.
    Yorick showed him the flask and everything he'd put in it: borage, betony, camphor, and sauerkraut.

- William Steig, The Toy Brother

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