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Definition of Polygalaceae
1. Noun. Trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Genus Polygala, Polygala
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygalaceae
Literary usage of Polygalaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Polygalaceae Reichenb. Consp. 120. MILKWORT FAMILY. 1828. Herbs, rarely shrubs
or small trees in tropical regions, with alternate, or sometimes opposite or ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Polygalaceae Reichenb. Consp. 120. MILKWORT FAMILY. 1828. Herbs, rarely shrubs
or small trees in tropical regions, with alternate, or sometimes opposite or ..."
3. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"Well established at Weybridge, Brainerd. XANTHOXYLUM X. Americanum, Mill.
Prickly Ash. Rocky woods and banks; occasional. Polygalaceae. ..."
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