The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scrophularia \Scroph`u*la"ri*a\, n. [NL. So called because it
   was reputed to be a remedy for scrofula.] (Bot.)
   A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled
   cymes; figwort.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Scrophularia
    n 1: type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants'
         supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts [syn:
         Scrophularia, genus Scrophularia]