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scrophulariaceous

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scroph⋅u⋅lar⋅i⋅a⋅ceous

[skrof-yuh-lair-ee-ey-shuhs]
–adjective
belonging to the Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family of plants.


Origin:
1840–50; < NL scrophulariace(ae) family name (see scrofula, -aria, -aceae ) + -ous
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