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lungwort
[ luhng-wurt, -wawrt ]
noun
- a European plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, of the borage family, having blue flowers.
- any of various related plants of the genus Mertensia, as the North American M. virginica Virginia bluebell, having nodding clusters of blue flowers.
lungwort
/ ˈlʌŋˌwɜːt /
noun
- any of several Eurasian plants of the boraginaceous genus Pulmonaria, esp P. officinalis, which has spotted leaves and clusters of blue or purple flowers: formerly used to treat lung diseases
- any of various boraginaceous plants of the N temperate genus Mertensia, such as Mertensia maritima (sea lungwort), having drooping clusters of tubular usually blue flowers
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Lungwort helps infirmities of the lungs, coughs and shortness of breath.
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Nor was it the colour of her eyes, the deep pure blue of the lungwort, that blue loveliness seen in no other flower on earth.
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The changing blue and pink flowers of the Lungwort, somewhat characteristic of its family, are curious also.
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Lungwort, however, was so called because the lichen Pulmonaria has a resemblance to lungs.
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