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lungwort

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  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, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders: Hieracium murorum (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
  3. Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders: Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
  4. Mertensia (family Boraginaceae): Mertensia virginica (American lungwort, lungwort oysterleaf, smooth lungwort, tree lungwort)
  5. Mertensia (family Boraginaceae): Mertensia maritima (sea lungwort)
  6. Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders: Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
  7. Any of several other, not closely related plants, used to treat respiratory disorders: Lobaria pulmonaria, syn. Stichta pulmonacea, (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)

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