Noun: figwort family 'fig,wurt 'fa-mu-lee
- 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 figwort family contains many ornamental garden plants";
- Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, foxglove family
Type of: asterid dicot family
Part of: order Polemoniales, Polemoniales
Encyclopedia: Figwort family