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Noun: family Scrophulariaceae
  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
    - Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family

Type of: asterid dicot family

Part of: order Polemoniales, Polemoniales

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family Scincidae
family Sciuridae
family Sclerodermataceae
family Sclerotiniaceae
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family Scolytidae
family Scomberesocidae
family Scombresocidae
family Scombridae
family Scorpaenidae
family Scrophulariaceae
family Scutigeridae
family Scyliorhinidae
family Secotiaceae
family Selaginellaceae
family Sepiidae
family Septobasidiaceae
family Serranidae
family Sialidae
family Sillaginidae
family Siluridae