Scrophulariaceae

plural noun

Scroph·​u·​lar·​i·​a·​ce·​ae

: a widely distributed family of herbs, shrubs, or rarely trees (order Polemoniales) having exstipulate leaves, a more or less irregular bilabiate corolla with four didynamous stamens, and a 2-celled ovary see figwort

scrophulariaceous

¦⸗⸗ˌ⸗⸗¦āshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Scrophularia, type genus + -aceae

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