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Definition of Galega
1. Noun. Small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Galega Officinalis, Goat Rue, Goat's Rue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galega
Literary usage of Galega
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1827)
"Sent by Messrs SHEPHERD from the Liverpool Botanic Garden, July 1825, as a supposed
Galega from the north-west coast of New Holland, whence the seeds were ..."
2. Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable Flower-garden : with Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent (1825)
"... agree in liking the shade, and a frequent supply of water, but they must not
have much at a time. All the kinds have blue flowers. GOATS-RUE. Galega. ..."
3. Therapeutic Gazette (1891)
"THE GALACTAGOGUE PROPERTIES OF Galega. IN our lait issue we published a note as
to the claim which has recently been advanced concerning the galactagogue ..."
4. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and by Philip Miller (1754)
"Galega, Goat's rue. ... С. В. Common Goat's-rue, with white Flowers. 3.
Galega vulgaris, floribus ex ..."
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