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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 lung·wort /-ˌwɝt, ˌwɔrt/
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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 lung·wort /-ˌwɝt, ˌwɔ(ə)rt/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 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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