Definitions for Mertensia

Mertensia mer·ten·si·a

Spelling: [mer-ten-see-uh, -shee-uh, -shuh]
IPA: /mərˈtɛn si ə, -ʃi ə, -ʃə/

Mertensia is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 824 anagrams from letters in Mertensia (aeeimnrst).

Definitions for Mertensia

noun

  1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.

Origin of Mertensia

New Latin (1797), after Franz Karl Mertens (died 1831), German botanist; see -ia

Examples for Mertensia

The newer and more easily grown mertensia sibirica is a lovely plant, taller and flowering longer.

The old Pulmonaria (mertensia virginica) is one of the loveliest spring flowers ever introduced.

I have found primroses, phlox, and mertensia on the summit of Long's Peak.

After flowering, the forsythia hides the disrobing mertensia with its heavy sheet of foliage.

About the middle of the month the Virginian Cowslip (mertensia virginica) begins to turn yellow before dying down.

There are a good many kinds of mertensia, natives of the northern hemisphere.

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