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Mertensia
noun
a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels
• Syn: ↑genus Mertensia
• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Boraginaceae, ↑family Boraginaceae, ↑borage family
• Member Meronyms: ↑Virginia bluebell, ↑Virginia cowslip, ↑Mertensia virginica

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\(ˌ)mərˈtench(ē)ə, -n(t)sēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Franz K Mertens, died 1831 German botanist + New Latin -ia
: a large genus of herbs (family Boraginaceae) of temperate regions with funnel-shaped blue or purple flowers — see virginia cowslip

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/meuhr ten"see euh, -shee euh, -sheuh/, n.
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
[ < NL (1797), after Franz Karl Mertens (d. 1831), German botanist; see -IA]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.