FIGWORT

Meaning of FIGWORT in English

■ noun a herbaceous plant with purplish-brown two-lobed flowers. [Genus Scrophularia : several species.]

Origin

C16 (orig. denoting pilewort, used as a treatment for piles): from obs. fig 'piles' + wort .

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FIGWORT — noun Date: 1548 any of a genus ( Scrophularia ) of chiefly herbaceous often fetid plants of the snapdragon family …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FIGWORT — Any of about 200 species of coarse plants that make up the genus Scrophularia (family Scrophulariaceae), native to open woodlands …
Английский словарь Британика
FIGWORT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a plant of the family Scrophulariaceae especially of the genus Scrophularia : pilewort 2
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIGWORT — (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.
Английский словарь Webster
FIGWORT — /fig"werrt', -wawrt'/ , n. any of numerous tall, usually coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia, having a terminal cluster …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGWORT — n. genus of herbaceous plants (Botany)
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FIGWORT — noun Date: 1548 : any of a genus ( Scrophularia ) of chiefly herbaceous often fetid plants of the snapdragon …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIGWORT — noun a genus of herbaceous plants (scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. ·see brownwort.
Webster English vocab
FIGWORT — [fig.wort] n (1548): any of a genus (Scrophularia) of chiefly herbaceous plants of the snapdragon family with leaves having no …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIGWORT — (genus Scrophularia), any of about 200 species of coarse plants of the figwort or snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae), native to open …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIGWORT — figwort BrE AmE ˈfɪɡ wɜːt § -wɔːt AmE -wɝːt -wɔːrt ▷ figwort|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIGWORT — n. any aromatic green-flowered plant of the genus Scrophularia, once believed to be useful against scrofula.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIGWORT — n. any aromatic green-flowered plant of the genus Scrophularia, once believed to be useful against scrofula.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIGWORT — n. any aromatic green-flowered plant of the genus Scrophularia, once believed to be useful against scrofula.
Oxford English vocab
FIGWORT — n. Any of about 200 species of coarse plants that make up the genus Scrophularia (family Scrophulariaceae), native to open …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIGWORT — n. Scrophularia.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
FIGWORT — норичник
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIGWORT — n. норичник [бот.]
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FIGWORT — n. норичник [бот.]
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FIGWORT — бот. норичник шишковатый (Scropularia nodosa)
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FIGWORT — бот. норичник шишковатый ( Scropularia nodosa )
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FIGWORT — норичник
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FIGWORT — n. Pronunciation: ' fig- ˌ w ə rt, - ˌ wo ̇ rt Function: noun Date: 1548 : any of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FIGWORT FAMILY — the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACANTHUS — Any of the more than 2,500 plant species that make up the family Acanthaceae, of the figwort order. Acanthus are …
Английский словарь Британика
SIMPSON'S HONEY-PLANT — ˈsim(p)s ə nz- noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: perhaps after Sir George Simpson died 1860 Canadian explorer : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCROPHULARIACEAE — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Scrophularia, type genus + -aceae : a widely distributed family of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PILEWORT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: pile (VII) + wort; from its use in treating piles 1. : lesser celandine 2. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCROPHULARIACEOUS — /skrof'yeuh lair'ee ay"sheuhs/ , adj. belonging to the Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family of plants. Cf. figwort family . [ 1840-50; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WITCHWEED — any plant of the genus Striga in the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae), including about 50 species of the Old World tropics …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCROPHULARIALES — order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Asteridae. Although most are herbaceous, some are shrubs, woody vines, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCROPHULARIACEAE — the figwort or snapdragon family of flowering plants, one of 12 in the figwort order (Scrophulariales), containing about 190 genera …
Britannica English vocabulary

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