lungwort
[luhng-wurt, -wawrt]
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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, having nodding clusters of blue flowers.
Origin of lungwort
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Lungwort, however, was so called because the lichen Pulmonaria has a resemblance to lungs.
The Romance of Plant LifeG. F. Scott Elliot
The changing blue and pink flowers of the Lungwort, somewhat characteristic of its family, are curious also.
Old-Time GardensAlice Morse Earle
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.
Dead Man's Plack and an Old ThornWilliam Henry Hudson
Lungwort helps infirmities of the lungs, coughs and shortness of breath.
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay ColonyGeorge Francis Dow
lungwort
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