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Webster 1913 Edition
Figwort
Fig′wortˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants (
Scrophularia
), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort
. Definition 2024
figwort
figwort
English
Noun
figwort (plural figworts)
- Any of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
- (archaic) Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria.
Derived terms
- alpine figwort (Scrophularia canina)
- American figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)
- black-flowered figwort (Scrophularia atrata)
- California figwort (Scrophularia californica)
- common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa)
- darkflowered figwort (Scrophularia atrata)
- desert figwort (Scrophularia desertorum)
- dog figwort (Scrophularia canina)
- French figwort (Scrophularia canina)
- green figwort (Scrophularia umbrosa
- Hopp's figwort (Scrophularia canina subsp. hoppii)
- knotted figwort (Scrophularia nodosa)
- lance-leaved figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)
- littleflower figwort (Scrophularia minutiflora)
- Mediterranean figwort (Scrophularia peregrina)
- New Mexico figwort (Scrophularia macrantha)
- Oregon figwort (Scrophularia oregana)
- Organ Mountain figwort (Scrophularia laevis)
- pineland figwort (Scrophularia parviflora)
- Santa Catalina figwort (Scrophularia villosa)
- shoreline figwort (Scrophularia auriculata)
- water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata)
- woodland figwort (Scrophularia nodosa)
- mountain figwort (Scrophularia montana, Scropularia desertorum)