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Type genus of the Polygalaceae milkwort
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polygala
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polygala \Po*lyg"a*la\, n. [L., milkwort, fr. Gr. ?; poly`s much + ? milk.] A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any milkwort of the genus ''Polygala''
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Polygala is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae . They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots . The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the world in temperate zones and the tropics . The genus name Polygala ...
Usage examples of polygala.
The child is a plant that blossoms first at the root underground, like the fringed polygala, and only after a free and natural nurture, again blossoms at the top with the same color, the same modest beauty.