SCROPHULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scrophularia mean? 

• SCROPHULARIA (noun)
  The noun SCROPHULARIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts

  Familiarity information: SCROPHULARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCROPHULARIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Scrophularia; Scrophularia

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

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Scrophularia"):

figwort (any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia)

Holonyms ("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)