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fig·wort  (fgwûrt, -wôrt)

n.

Any of various plants of the genus Scrophularia having loose branching clusters of small greenish or purple flowers.

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[fig, piles (obsolete) + wort (from its use as a folk medicine).]

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figwort [ˈfɪgˌwɜːt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any scrophulariaceous plant of the N temperate genus Scrophularia, having square stems and small brown or greenish flowers

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figwort - any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia genus Scrophularia, Scrophularia - type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems