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Lungwort   Listen
noun
Lungwort  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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"Lungwort" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lungwort, whose leaves bear a fancied resemblance to the surface of the lungs, was considered good for pulmonary complaints, and liverwort, having a leaf like the liver, cured liver diseases. Eye-bright was a famous application for eye diseases, because its flowers somewhat resemble the pupil of the eye; ...
— Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing • George Barton Cutten

... bleeding being indicated by the beautiful red hue assumed by the fading leaves, on account of which property it was styled "a stauncher of blood." The garden Jerusalem cowslip (Pulmonaria offinalis) owes its English name, lungwort, to the spotting of the leaves, which were said to indicate that they would be efficacious in healing diseases of the lungs. Then there is the water-soldier (Stratiotes aloides), which from its sword-shaped leaves was reckoned among the appliances for gun-shot wounds. ...
— The Folk-lore of Plants • T. F. Thiselton-Dyer



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