NOUN | plant | genus Scrophularia, Scrophularia | type genus of Scrophulariaceae |
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Meaning | type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts. | |
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Synonym | Scrophularia | |
Member of | Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales |
Members | figwort | Any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
Spanish | genus scrophularia, scrophularia | |
Catalan | genus scrophularia, scrophularia |
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