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figwort

fig·wort [ fíg wùrt, fíg wàwrt ] (plural fig·worts or fig·wort)


noun 
Definition:
 
woodland plant: a tall woodland plant of the snapdragon family. Flowers: small, greenish, in clusters. Genus Scrophularia.

[Mid-16th century. <fig1 as dialect term for hemorrhoids, which it was used to treat]
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