1. a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels; [syn: Mertensia, genus Mertensia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Mertensia
n 1: a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that
grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers
shaped like funnels [syn: Mertensia, genus Mertensia]