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Definition: Pulmonaria officinalis
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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