Definitions for figwort

figwort fig·wort

Spelling: [fig-wurt, -wawrt]
IPA: /ˈfɪgˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/

Figwort is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in figwort (fgiortw).

Definitions for figwort

noun

  1. any of numerous tall, usually coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia, having a terminal cluster of small greenish-brown to purplish-brown flowers.

Origin of figwort

First recorded in 1540-50; fig1 + wort2

Examples for figwort

The mother butterflies select as food plants for the larvae various members of either the plantain or figwort families.

Barrett states that he has found it at the flowers of figwort (Scrophularia aquatica).

One species, Vespa sylvestris, which seldom enters our houses, is very partial to the flowers of Scrophularia (figwort).

Scrophularia, or figwort (Scrophularia marilandica), contains a principle which has a digitalis-like action on the heart.

Fanning the air with gauzy wings, the honey bee comes for a feast on the flowers of the figwort.

Word Value for figwort
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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