noun
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
• Syn: ↑Scrophulariaceae, ↑family Scrophulariaceae, ↑figwort family
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Scrophularia, ↑genus Scrophularia, ↑Antirrhinum, ↑genus Antirrhinum, ↑Besseya, ↑genus Besseya, ↑Aureolaria, ↑genus Aureolaria, ↑genus Calceolaria, ↑Castilleja, ↑genus Castilleja, ↑Castilleia, ↑genus Castilleia, ↑Chelone, ↑genus Chelone, ↑Collinsia, ↑genus Collinsia, ↑Culver's root, ↑Culvers root, ↑Culver's physic, ↑Culvers physic, ↑whorlywort, ↑Veronicastrum virginicum, ↑genus Digitalis, ↑genus Gerardia, ↑Agalinis, ↑genus Agalinis, ↑Linaria, ↑genus Linaria, ↑Penstemon, ↑genus Penstemon, ↑Verbascum, ↑genus Verbascum, ↑genus Veronica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.