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fig·wort

(fĭg′wûrt′, -wôrt′)

Any of various plants of the genus Scrophularia having loose branching clusters of small greenish or purple flowers.

[fig, piles (obsolete) + wort (from its use as a folk medicine).]

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figwort

(ˈfɪɡˌwɜːt)

(Plants) any scrophulariaceous plant of the N temperate genus Scrophularia, having square stems and small brown or greenish flowers

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fig•wort

(ˈfɪgˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n.

any tall woodland plant of the genus Scrophularia, having a terminal cluster of small flowers.

[1540–50]

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figwort - any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia

genus Scrophularia, Scrophularia - type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts

ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems

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