English > figwort family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, foxglove family |
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| Member of | Polemoniales, order Polemoniales | Polemoniaceae |
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| Members | Agalinis, genus Agalinis | semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers |
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| Antirrhinum, genus Antirrhinum | A genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers |
| Aureolaria, genus Aureolaria | small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers |
| Besseya, genus Besseya | genus of North American spring wildflowers |
| Castilleja, genus Castilleja, Castilleia, genus Castilleia | genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses |
| Chelone, genus Chelone | herbaceous perennials |
| Collinsia, genus Collinsia | genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States |
| Culver's root, Culvers root, Culver's physic, Culvers physic, whorlywort, Veronicastrum virginicum | A tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers |
| Linaria, genus Linaria | genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers |
| Penstemon, genus Penstemon | large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers |
| Scrophularia, genus Scrophularia | type genus of Scrophulariaceae |
| Verbascum, genus Verbascum | genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves |
| genus Calceolaria | large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers |
| genus Digitalis | genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers |
| genus Gerardia | genus of annual or perennial herbs with showy pink or purple or yellow flowers |
| genus Veronica | widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers |
| Broader | asterid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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| Spanish | escrofulariáceas |
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| Catalan | escrofulariàcia, escrofulariàcies, Scrophulariaceae |
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