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scrophulariaceae

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrophulariaceous  \Scroph`u*la`ri*a"ceous\,  a.  (Bot.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  very  large  natural  order  of 
  gamopetalous  plants  ({Scrophulariace[ae]},  or 
  {Scrophularine[ae]}),  usually  having  irregular  didynamous 
  flowers  and  a  two-celled  pod.  The  order  includes  the  mullein, 
  foxglove,  snapdragon,  figwort,  painted  cup,  yellow  rattle, 
  and  some  exotic  trees,  as  the  Paulownia. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Scrophulariaceae 
  n  :  a  family  of  dicotyledonous  plants  of  the  order  Polemoniales; 
  includes  figwort  and  snapdragon  and  foxglove  and  toadflax 
  and  speedwell  and  mullein;  in  some  classifications  placed 
  in  the  order  Scrophulariales  [syn:  {Scrophulariaceae},  {family 
  Scrophulariaceae},  {figwort  family},  {foxglove  family}]




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