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whorlywort

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Noun1.whorlywort - a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowerswhorlywort - a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America
Culver's physic, Culver's root, Culvers physic, Culvers root, Veronicastrum virginicum
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family, Scrophulariaceae - 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
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