Figwort meaning

fĭg'wûrt', -wôrt'
Any of various plants of the genus Scrophularia having loose branching clusters of small greenish or purple flowers.
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Designating a large family (Scrophulariaceae, order Scrophulariales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the foxglove and snapdragon.
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Any of a genus (Scrophularia) of plants of the figwort family, with square stems and small flowers.
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Any of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
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Origin of figwort

  • fig piles (obsolete) wort (from its use as a folk medicine)
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • fig +‎ wort
    From Wiktionary

Figwort Sentence Examples

  • The USDA APHIS reviews indicate that promoters such as figwort mosaic virus or rice actin are often employed.

  • figwort mosaic virus or rice actin are often employed.

  • There are patches of water mint, and heath rush, with scattered water figwort and marsh thistle.

  • Cape Figwort (Phygelius) - P. capensis, a Cape plant of some beauty, 3 or 4 feet high, and bearing racemes of brilliant scarlet flowers, which open in May and June and continue far into autumn.

  • Chaenostoma - A small group of the Figwort family, natives of the Cape.

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