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What is a lungwort?

What is a lungwort? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of various European plants, of the genus Pulmonaria (family Boraginaceae), that were once used to treat respiratory disorders.
  2. Any of several other, unrelated plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
    1. Hieracium murorum (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
    2. Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
    3. Mertensia (family Boraginaceae)
    4. Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
    5. Lobaria pulmonaria (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)
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For instance lungwort, with spotted leaves suggesting pulmonary disease, could be used to cure chest complaints.
Nor was it the colour of her eyes, the deep pure blue of the lungwort, that blue loveliness seen in no other flower on earth.
Plant mitsuba with other herbs of similar culture such as sweet cicely, chervil, bee balm, lamium, lungwort, violets, and woodland strawberries.
Peter's Wort, and Joseph and Mary, a popular name for lungwort.
Certain boraginaceous plants have an established place in herbal medicine, the most important being borage, comfrey, and lungwort.
A number of ancient woodland indicators are present here, including tree lungwort, woodruff and sanicle.

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