lungwort

(lung’ wert), n. 1. A European bo- rag in a ceo us plant, Pulmonaria officinal is. Itis named from a supposed resemblance of its spotted leaves to the appearance of the human lungs, on account of which it was formerly used in pulmonary diseases. 2. An American plant, Mertensia Virginica, of the same family, at first referred to Pulmonaria. M. maritima is the sea-lungwort.— 8. A lichen, Sticta pulmonaria, somewhat resembling in shape a human lung, and formerly regarded asa lung-remedy: same as hazel-crottles. —Bullock’s or cow’s lungwort, the mullen, Verbascum Thapsus, formerly used as a remedy for lung-disease in cattle, because its leaf resembles a dewlap.— Clown’s lungwort. (a) Same as bullock's lungwort. (b) The toothwort, Lathreea squamaria, a reputed remedy for diseases of the lungs.—French or golden 1u: ort, the wall hawkweed, Hieracitum murorum.—Sea-. ‘wort. See def. 2.— Smooth lungwort, a plant of the genus Mertensta, as distinguished from Pulmonaria, which is rough.— Tree-lungwort, Sticta pulmonaria. See def. 3.