“Pulmonaria”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Pulmonaria

释义

‖ Pulmonaria Bot.|pʌlməʊˈnɛərɪə|
[med.L. fem. (sc. herba) of L. pulmōnāri-us beneficial to the lungs, f. pulmo, pulmōn-em lung; so called from its assumed virtue in curing disease of the lungs, as supposed to be indicated by the spotted leaves resembling the lungs.]
A genus of boraginaceous plants; lungwort.
The British species is P. officinalis, Bugloss Cowslip.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. lxxxv. 125 This herb is called of the Apothecaries..Pulmonaria and Pulmonalis, in Latine Pulmonis herba, that is to say Lungewurt, or the herbe for the lunges.1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The common spotted pulmonaria, or..sage of Jerusalem, is esteemed an excellent medicine in many of the disorders of the lungs.1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvi. (1794) 178 Gromwell, Pulmonaria, Cerinthe, and Viper's Bugloss, have the tube of the corolla naked.1882Garden 18 Mar. 173/2 The Pulmonarias are amongst our most interesting spring flowers.

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