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noun
Any of various European plants, of the genus Pulmonaria (family Boraginaceae), that were once used to treat respiratory disorders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders of species:
Hieracium murorum (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders of species:
Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders of species:
Mertensia (family Boraginaceae)
Mertensia virginica (American lungwort, lungwort oysterleaf, smooth lungwort, tree lungwort)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders of species:
Mertensia (family Boraginaceae)
Mertensia maritima (sea lungwort)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders of species:
Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders of species:
Lobaria pulmonaria, syn. Stichta pulmonacea, (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
From lung + wort. * Having an appearance reminiscent of lungs * Having been used as a treatment for respiratory ailments
Across languages
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