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
   "The family Scrophulariaceae contains many ornamental garden plants";
   - Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family

Type of: asterid dicot family

Part of: order Polemoniales, Polemoniales