Mertensia virginica
    n 1: 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]

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.
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   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.
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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.
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   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.
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