pulmonaria

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English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

pulmonaria (plural pulmonarias)

  1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Pulmonaria, lungworts.
    • 2007 April 27, Paula Deitz, “It’s Spring in New York, Finally. So Who Needs April in Paris?”, in New York Times:
      Right now spring is unfolding on woodland slopes in the south garden with a mélange of scilla, Chionodoxa luciliae and pulmonaria, punctuated by brilliant splashes of daffodils.