SCROPHULARIA

Meaning of SCROPHULARIA in English

noun a genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

SCROPHULARIA — ˌskräfyəˈla(a)rēə, -rȯf- noun Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin scrofula, scrophula scrofula + New Latin -aria; from the supposed efficacy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCROPHULARIA — (n.) A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
Английский словарь Webster
SCROPHULARIA — ( n. ) A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
WATER BETONY — noun : a Eurasian plant ( Scrophularia aquatica ) of moist places with paniculate greenish purple flowers
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THROATWORT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of several bellflowers ; especially : a European herb ( Campanula trachelium ) formerly used …
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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 …
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SCROPHULARIACEAE — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Scrophularia, type genus + -aceae : a widely distributed family of …
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PILEWORT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: pile (VII) + wort; from its use in treating piles 1. : lesser celandine 2. : a …
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JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun ( plural jack-in-the-pulpits or jacks-in-the-pulpit ) 1. : any of several plants of the genus Arisaema ; especially …
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HEAL-ALL — ˈhēlˌȯl noun ( plural heal-alls -ˌȯlz ; also heals-alls -lzˌȯlz) 1. : self-heal 2. : a plant of the genus …
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FIGWORT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a plant of the family Scrophulariaceae especially of the genus Scrophularia : pilewort 2
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CARPENTER'S SQUARE — noun 1. : a usually steel square used by carpenters 2. : either of two plants of the genus Scrophularia: …
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BEE PLANT — noun : a plant much frequented by bees for nectar: as a. : a heavy-scented herb ( Cleome serrulata ) …
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FIGWORT — (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.
Английский словарь Webster
BROWNWORT — (n.) A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous …
Английский словарь Webster
BROWNWORT — ( n. ) A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PILEWORT — /puyl"werrt', -wawrt'/ , n. 1. Also called fireweed . a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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 — 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
BROWNWORT — noun a species of figwort or scrophularia (s. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous …
Webster English vocab
FIGWORT — ■ noun a herbaceous plant with purplish-brown two-lobed flowers. [Genus Scrophularia : several species.] Origin C16 (orig. denoting pilewort, used …
Concise Oxford 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 — 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.
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