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Definition of Common milkwort
1. Noun. Small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Milkwort
Literary usage of Common milkwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"One is found plentifully in Britain ; the COMMON' MILKWORT (P. vulgaris], a small
perennial plant, growing in dry common milkwort ..."