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GENUS SCROPHULARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts
Synonyms:
genus Scrophularia; Scrophularia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Scrophularia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Scrophularia"):
figwort (any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia)
Holonyms ("genus Scrophularia" is a member of...):
family Scrophulariaceae; figwort family; foxglove family; Scrophulariaceae (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)
