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fig·wort
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figwort family
the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove, Indian paintbrush, mullein, speedwell, and snapdragon. -
scrophulariaceous
belonging to the Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family of plants. -
beardtongue
a plant of the genus Penstemon -
blue lips
a plant, Collinsia grandiflora, of the figwort family, of western central North America, having short-stalked flowers with the upper lip purple or white and the lower lip blue or violet. -
blue-eyed mary
a blue-flowered boraginaceous plant, Omphalodes verna, native to S Europe and cultivated in Britain -
calceolaria
any tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowers