Definition of Mertensia

1. Noun. A genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mertensia

Merry
Merry Andrew
Merry Andrews
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Widow
Merry Widows
Merry Xmas
Mersey
Mersey sound
Merseybeat
Merseybeats
Merseyside
Merseysider
Merseysiders
Mertensia (current term)
Mertensia virginica
Merthiolate
Merthyr
Merthyr Tydfil
Merton
Merton thesis
Meru
Meruimenti
Merutig
Merv
Merveilleuse
Merveilleuses
Mervyn
Mery's gland

Literary usage of Mertensia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1917)
"The mother said: "Child, that man knows what they are, but for you they are all poison." (To be continued) A NEW Mertensia BY GEO. E. OSTERHOUT • Mertensia ..."

2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Mertensia ciliata polyphylla (Greene) A. Nels. Stem strict, closely and equably ... Mertensia papulosa fusiformis (Greene) A. Nels. Root large and fusiform: ..."

3. Ctenophores of the Atlantic Coast of North America by Alfred Goldsborough Mayer (1912)
"Genus Mertensia Lesson, 1836. Mertensia, LESSON, 1836, Annals des Sci. Nat., ser. 2, tome 5, p. ... The type species is Mertensia ovum of the Arctic Ocean. ..."

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