(n)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, Syn.figwort family, foxglove family, family Scrophulariaceae
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