lungwort

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

lung +‎ wort

• Having an appearance reminiscent of lungs
• Having been used as a treatment for respiratory ailments

Noun

lungwort (plural lungworts)

1. Any of various European plants, of the genus (family Boraginaceae), that were once used to treat respiratory disorders.
2. Any of several other, unrelated plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
   1. (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
   2. Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
   3. (family Boraginaceae)
      1. Mertensia virginica (American lungwort, lungwort oysterleaf, smooth lungwort, tree lungwort)
      2. (sea lungwort)
   4. Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
   5. , syn. , (in family , lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)

Derived terms

• American lungwort (Mertensia virginica)
• black lungwort (Helleborus niger)
• Bethlehem lungwort ()
• blue lungwort ()
• bullock's lungwort (Verbascum thapsus)
• clown's lungwort (Verbascum thapsus)
• common lungwort ()
• cow's lungwort (Verbascum thapsus)
• French lungwort ()
• golden lungwort ()
• lanceleaf lungwort ()
• longleaf lungwort ()
• lungwort lichen ()
• lungwort oysterleaf (Mertensia virginica)
• narrowleaf lungwort ()
• Oregon lungwort (, )
• red lungwort ()
• sea lungwort ()
• smooth lungwort (, Mertensia virginica)
• Suffolk lungwort ()
• tall lungwort ()
• textured lungwort ()
• tree lungwort (Mertensia virginica, )
• unspotted lungwort ()

Related terms

• liverwort
• spleenwort (“asplenium”)
• toothwort (“dentaria”)
• woundwort

See also

• doctrine of signatures (Paracelsus); (lungwort being a treatment for lung ailments, and having the appearance like lungs)