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Definition of Scrophularia
1. Noun. Type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Scrophulariaceae, Figwort Family, Foxglove Family, Scrophulariaceae
Member holonyms: Figwort
Definition of Scrophularia
1. n. A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
Medical Definition of Scrophularia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrophularia
| scrooge-like scrooged scrooges scrooging scroop scrooped scrooping scroops scrootch scrootched | scrootches scrootching scrophula scrophulae scrophularia (current term) scrophulariaceous scrophulas |
Literary usage of Scrophularia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"scrophularia nodosa Linne.—Figwort. Description.—Calyx deeply 5-parted, the lobes
rounded. Corolla-tube somewhat globular, twice the length of the calyx, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"Complete prostration so that the patient could no longer go about,1.—Always acute
pains and diminished temperature of part bitten,3. scrophularia. ..."
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