Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Scrophularia having loose branching clusters of small greenish or purple flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common book-name for plants of the genus Scrophularia, especially the common species S. aquatica and S. nodosa.
- noun The pilewort, Ranunculus Ficaria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See
brownwort .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various woodland
herbs andshrubs of the genus Scrophularia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many2s the time I remember gathering figwort and purple medic with my Aunt Megaera, she who always told me, 1Agion, purple medic follows the dove, figwort the pigeon2 .. .4
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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"A wedding," said Cadfael seriously, stacking away jars of salves and bottles of lotion made from alkanet, anemone, mint, figwort, and the grains of oats and barley, most of them herbs of Venus and the moon, "a wedding is the crux of two lives, and therefore no mean matter."
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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"A wedding," said Cadfael seriously, stacking away jars of salves and bottles of lotion made from alkanet, anemone, mint, figwort, and the grains of oats and barley, most of them herbs of Venus and the moon, "a wedding is the crux of two lives, and therefore no mean matter."
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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Keep the patient for one week freely dosed with figwort.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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_H_, part of an inflorescence of figwort, _Scrophularia_ (_Scrophularineæ_), × 1.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The figwort family has many and curious representatives.
The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams
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_Mimulus_, etc., while a few like the figwort, _Scrophularia_
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The Indian paint-brush, the speedwell, the elephant's trunk, and the pigeon bills are all well-known members of the large figwort family which does much to embellish the Mountain meadows.
The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams
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We know by the colour of her burden under what friendly roof the bee asked alms this morning – whether she begged in the brown hut of the figwort or the rosy pavilion of the willow herb.
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The water runs with the deep sparkle of cut glass; forget-me-nots grow about it, and reed mace, and figwort and bittersweet; waterhens wander in the shaven grass of its brim, and dabchicks go plump in the current like cricket-balls.
Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912
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