mertensia

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mər tensē ə, -shē ə, -shə)


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mer•ten•si•a  (mər tensē ə, -shē ə, -shə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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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