(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:55:27

Scroph`u*la"ri*a (?), n. [NL. So called because it was reputed to be remedy for scrofula.] Bot.

A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.

 

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