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mer•ten•si•a
(mər ten′sē ə, -shē ə, -shə),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- Neo-Latin (1797), after Franz Karl Mertens (died 1831), German botanist; see -ia
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