Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scrophulariaceous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scrophulariaceous \Scroph`u*la`ri*a"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of
gamopetalous plants ({Scrophulariace[ae]}, or
{Scrophularine[ae]}), usually having irregular didynamous
flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein,
foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle,
and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.


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