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scrophularia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrophularia  \Scroph`u*la"ri*a\,  n.  [NL.  So  called  because  it 
  was  reputed  to  be  remedy  for  scrofula.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  coarse  herbs  having  small  flowers  in  panicled 
  cymes;  figwort. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Scrophularia 
  n  :  type  genus  of  Scrophulariaceae;  named  for  the  plants' 
  supposed  ability  to  cure  scrofula:  figworts  [syn:  {Scrophularia}, 
  {genus  Scrophularia}] 




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