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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PULMONARIAN

PULMONARIAN Pul "mo *na "ri *an, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pulmonaria

pulmonaria |ˌpʌlməˈnɛːrɪə | noun a plant of a genus that includes lungwort. Genus Pulmonaria, family Boraginaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from medieval Latin pulmonaria (herba ), feminine (used as a noun ) of Latin pulmonarius relating to the lungs (from the belief in its efficacy in curing lung diseases ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

pulmonaria

pulmonaria |ˌpʌlməˈnɛːrɪə | noun a plant of a genus that includes lungwort. Genus Pulmonaria, family Boraginaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from medieval Latin pulmonaria (herba ), feminine (used as a noun ) of Latin pulmonarius relating to the lungs (from the belief in its efficacy in curing lung diseases ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

pulmonaria

pulmonaria nombre femenino 1 Planta herbácea de tallos vellosos, hojas ovales, ásperas, de color verde con manchas blancas, flores rojas, agrupadas en racimos terminales, y fruto seco, con cuatro carpelos lisos .2 Liquen de color pardo y superficie con ampollas que vive parásito sobre el tronco de algunos árboles :la pulmonaria presenta un aspecto semejante al de un pulmón cortado .