'Mertensia Virginica' definitions:
Definition of 'Mertensia virginica'
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noun
Smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud [syn: Virginia bluebell, Virginia cowslip, Mertensia virginica]
Definition of 'Mertensia Virginica'
From: GCIDE
- Lungwort \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. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mertensia Virginica'
From: GCIDE
- Lungwort \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. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mertensia Virginica'
From: GCIDE
- Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. [1913 Webster]
- Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort ({Mertensia Virginica}).
- Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.]
- Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence.
- Virginia nightingale (Zool.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal.
- Virginia quail (Zool.), the bobwhite.
- Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett.
- Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock. [1913 Webster]