whorlywort

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whorlywort - a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North AmericaCulvers physic, Culver's physic, Culvers root, Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicumasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsfamily Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family, Scrophulariaceae - 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