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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
figwort/ˈfɪɡwəːt/

▶noun a herbaceous plant with purplish-brown two-lobed flowers. [Genus Scrophularia: several species.]

– origin C16 (orig. denoting pilewort, used as a treatment for piles): from obs. fig ‘piles’ + wort.

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