Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scrophularia"
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) 1.7 (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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