figwort family
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | asterid dicot family, |
| definition | : | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus scrophularia, scrophularia, |
| definition | : | type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | antirrhinum, genus antirrhinum, |
| definition | : | a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | besseya, genus besseya, |
| definition | : | genus of North American spring wildflowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | aureolaria, genus aureolaria, |
| definition | : | small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus calceolaria, |
| definition | : | large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus digitalis, |
| definition | : | genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus gerardia, |
| definition | : | genus of annual or perennial herbs with showy pink or purple or yellow flowers; plants often assigned to genera Aureolaria or Agalinis (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | agalinis, genus agalinis, |
| definition | : | semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers; grows in the United States and West Indies (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus linaria, linaria, |
| definition | : | genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus penstemon, penstemon, |
| definition | : | large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus verbascum, verbascum, |
| definition | : | genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus veronica, |
| definition | : | widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | order polemoniales, polemoniales, |
| definition | : | Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales (noun.plant) |
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