LUNGWORT
\lˈʌŋwɔːt], \lˈʌŋwɔːt], \l_ˈʌ_ŋ_w_ɔː_t]\
Definitions of LUNGWORT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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An herb of the genus Pulmonaria (P. officinalis), of Europe; - so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.
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An herb of the genus Pulmonaria (P. officinalis), of Europe; - so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.
By Noah Webster.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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An herb with purple flowers, so called from a fancied likeness of its spotted leaves to the lungs: a lichen that grows on tree trunks.
By Daniel Lyons
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