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Webster 1913 Edition
Lungwort
Lung′wortˊ
,Noun.
(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.
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Lungwort
LUNG'WORT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
lungwort
lungwort
English
Noun
lungwort (plural lungworts)
- Any of various European plants, of the genus Pulmonaria (family Boraginaceae), that were once used to treat respiratory disorders.
- Any of several other, unrelated plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
- Hieracium murorum (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
- Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
- Mertensia (family Boraginaceae)
- Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
- Lobaria pulmonaria (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)