HyperDic: whorlywort

English > 1 sense of the word whorlywort:
NOUNplantwhorlywort, Culver's root, Culvers root, Culver's physic, Culvers physic, Veronicastrum virginicuma tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers
English > whorlywort: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America.
SynonymsCulver's root, Culvers root, Culver's physic, Culvers physic, Veronicastrum virginicum
Member ofScrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove familyA family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

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