FIGWORT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("figwort" is a kind of...):

ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)

Holonyms ("figwort" is a member of...):

genus Scrophularia; Scrophularia (type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts)

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