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

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  • Probably if they'd looked they could have found one in Mertensia.
  • Carol's Mertensia nestles where she would sit - on the south side.
  • The Thieves 'Guild here in Mertensia was disguised of course, in this case as a bakery.
  • (Mertensia) -- more could have been used with good effect, for they too disappear after awhile.
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