scrophularia ceo us (skrofulariashius)

Same as scrophularineous. scrophularin (skrofū-lā-rin), n. [ Scrophularineæ (skrof"ū-lā-rin'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Bentham, 1835), Scrophularineæ ter, and of suspicious or actively poisonous properties; many, as Scrophularia (the type), Franciscea, etc., yield remedies formerly or at present in repute. Several genera, as Buchnera and Gerardia, show a marked tendency to parasitism, dry black, resist cultivation, are in various species leafle , and connect with the parasitic order Oroban chacese. Others yield some of the most ornamental flowers of the garden. For the principal types of tribes, see Verbascum, Calceolaria, Antirrhinum, Chelone, Gratiola, is, Gerardia, and Euphrasia. See also Collinsia, Castilleia, Her pest is, Maurandia, Melampyrum, Mimulus, Ilysanthes, Pentstemon, Pedicular is, Rhinanthus, Schwal bea, and Sibthorpia. scrophularineous (skrofū-lā-rin'ē-us), a. Of, pertaining to, or characterizing the Scrophularineæ ( Scrophulariaceæ ). 5427 I cry thee mercy, my good scroyle. B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 1. scrub i (skrub), n. and a. [ scrob , a ibilated shrob , schrub , scrob = D. dial. skrub , a shrub, = Norw. skrubba , the cornel-tree: see shrub, the common form of the same word. Hence ult. scrub2. In def. 4 (and perhaps 3) from the verb scrub2.] I. n. 1. A bush; shrub; a tree or shrub seemingly or really stunted.2. Collectively, bushes; brushwood; underwood; stunted forest. He... threw himself on the heathery scrub which met the shingle. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 8. "Twas his boast