pulmonaria
See also: Pulmonaria
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpʌl.məˈnɛəɹi.ə/, /ˌpʊl.-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpʌl.məˈnɛɹi.ə/, /ˌpʊl.-/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Noun
pulmonaria (plural pulmonarias)
- 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[1]:
- 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.