Found 2 items, similar to Mertensia Virginica.
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Definition: Mertensia virginica
Mertensia virginica
n : smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire
leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud [syn:
Virginia bluebell,
Virginia cowslip]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mertensia Virginica
Lungwort
\Lung"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An herb of the genus
Pulmonaria (
Pulmonaria officinalis
), of Europe; -- so called because the
spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a
diseased lung.
(b) Any plant of the genus
Mertensia (esp.
Mertensia Virginica
and
Mertensia Sibirica), plants nearly
related to
Pulmonaria. The American lungwort is
Mertensia Virginica, Virginia cowslip. --Gray.
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Cow's lungwort mullein.
Sea lungwort,
Mertensia maritima, found on the seacoast
of Northern Europe and America.
Tree lungwort, a lichen (
Sticta pulmonacea) growing on
trees and rocks. The thallus is lacunose, and in
appearance somewhat resembles the lungs, for diseases of
which it was once thought a remedy.
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Lungwort
\Lung"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An herb of the genus
Pulmonaria (
Pulmonaria officinalis
), of Europe; -- so called because the
spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a
diseased lung.
(b) Any plant of the genus
Mertensia (esp.
Mertensia Virginica
and
Mertensia Sibirica), plants nearly
related to
Pulmonaria. The American lungwort is
Mertensia Virginica, Virginia cowslip. --Gray.
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Cow's lungwort mullein.
Sea lungwort,
Mertensia maritima, found on the seacoast
of Northern Europe and America.
Tree lungwort, a lichen (
Sticta pulmonacea) growing on
trees and rocks. The thallus is lacunose, and in
appearance somewhat resembles the lungs, for diseases of
which it was once thought a remedy.
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Virginia
\Vir*gin"i*a\, n.
One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of
or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
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Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort (
Mertensia Virginica
).
Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American
woody vine (
Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing
extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also
woodbine, and
American ivy. [U. S.]
Virginia fence. See
Worm fence, under
Fence.
Virginia nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See
under
Cardinal.
Virginia quail (Zo["o]l.), the bobwhite.
Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in
the United States. --Bartlett.
Virginia stock. (Bot.) See
Mahon stock.
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