noun
- a plant with spotted leaves and small blue or purple flowers, traditionally used in herbal medicine for lung ailments
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The lungwort bloomed early in the spring garden.
- Herbalists once believed lungwort could treat respiratory problems.
- The spotted leaves of lungwort were thought to resemble diseased lungs.
- She planted lungwort in the shaded corner of her herb garden.
- The purple flowers of lungwort attract early pollinators.
- Medieval doctors used lungwort based on the doctrine of signatures.