Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scrophularia \Scroph`u*la"ri*a\, n. [NL. So called because it
   was reputed to be remedy for scrofula.] (Bot.)
   A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled
   cymes; figwort.

Source : WordNet®

Scrophularia
     n : type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants'
         supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts [syn: {genus
         Scrophularia}]