lungwort

Plural: lungworts

Noun

• A European herb with spotted leaves, traditionally used for lung ailments.
• Any of various European plants, of the genus Pulmonaria (family Boraginaceae), that were once used to treat respiratory disorders.
• Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
• Hieracium murorum (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
• Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
• Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
• Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
• Mertensia (family Boraginaceae)
• Mertensia virginica (American lungwort, lungwort oysterleaf, smooth lungwort, tree lungwort)
• Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
• Mertensia (family Boraginaceae)
• Mertensia maritima (sea lungwort)
• Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
• Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
• Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
• Lobaria pulmonaria, syn. Stichta pulmonacea, (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)

Examples

• He hoped playing LUNGWORT would be a healthy move for his score.

Related Words

doctrine of signatures, liverwort, spleenwort, toothwort Cardamine subg. Dentaria spp.), woundwort