Scrophularia
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Related to Scrophularia: Scrophularia nodosa, Common Figwort
scrophularia
(ˌskrɒfjʊˈlɛərɪə)n
(Plants) a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
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Noun | 1. | Scrophularia - type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family, Scrophulariaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales figwort - any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia |
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