SCROPHULARIA


Meaning of SCROPHULARIA in English

ˌskräfyəˈla(a)rēə, -rȯf- noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin scrofula, scrophula scrofula + New Latin -aria; from the supposed efficacy of such plants in the treatment of scrofula

1. capitalized : a large genus (the type of the family Scrophulariaceae) of coarse often strong-smelling perennial herbs that are native to temperate regions and have terminal clusters of small flowers with a gibbous corolla consisting of four erect lobes and one spreading lip, four anthers, and one staminodium

2. -s : any plant or flower of the genus Scrophularia

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