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Webster 1913 Edition

Scrophularia

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Scrophˊu-la′ri-a

,

Noun.

[NL. So called because it was reputed to be a remedy for

scrofula

.]

(Bot.)

A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.

Definition 2024

Scrophularia

Scrophularia

Translingual

Proper noun

Scrophularia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – the figworts, native principally to Asia.

Hypernyms

(genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Scrophulariaceae - family; Scrophularieae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Scrophularia nodosa - type species; for other species see Scrophularia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons