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figwort

noun fig·wort \ˈfig-ˌwərt, -ˌwrt\

Definition of FIGWORT

:  any of a genus (Scrophularia) of chiefly herbaceous often fetid plants of the snapdragon family with terminal cymes of small purple, yellow, or greenish flowers
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First Known Use of FIGWORT

1548

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