Meanings
nounscoparius (uncountable)
- uncountableThe dried tops of the plant Cytisus scoparius, formerly used in medicine.
Scoparin […] is used — chiefly as a constituent of scoparius — for its diuretic action in certain forms of dropsy.
1895, Henry Martyn Bracken, Outlines of Materia Medica and Pharmacology, page 255
Origin
- Latinscōpārius
- Englishscoparius
From Latin scōpārius.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with scoparius
varioushilariousAquariusprecariouscalcareousnefariousvicariousStradivariusmultifariouscariousBelisariuslibrariusmalariousacinariousadversariousanticariousapocrisariusapocrisiariusarbitrariousarenariousargillocalcareousarmariusassariusatrabilarious
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
scoparius. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoparius
MLA
“scoparius.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoparius. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scoparius,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoparius.
Source: scoparius on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.