Mertensia mertensia • mertensia virginica · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · Mertensia · · Text Latin · · Script 9 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels. Synonyms: genus Mertensia. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · M latin capital letter m U+004D a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074