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Definition of Milkwort
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Polygala.
Group relationships: Genus Polygala, Polygala
Specialized synonyms: Polygala Alba, Senega, Candyweed, Orange Milkwort, Polygala Lutea, Yellow Bachelor's Button, Yellow Milkwort, Bird-on-the-wing, Flowering Wintergreen, Fringed Polygala, Gaywings, Polygala Paucifolia, Polygala Senega, Seneca Snakeroot, Senega Root, Senega Snakeroot, Seneka Snakeroot, Senga Root, Common Milkwort, Gand Flower, Polygala Vulgaris
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Specialized synonyms: Polygala Alba, Senega, Candyweed, Orange Milkwort, Polygala Lutea, Yellow Bachelor's Button, Yellow Milkwort, Bird-on-the-wing, Flowering Wintergreen, Fringed Polygala, Gaywings, Polygala Paucifolia, Polygala Senega, Seneca Snakeroot, Senega Root, Senega Snakeroot, Seneka Snakeroot, Senga Root, Common Milkwort, Gand Flower, Polygala Vulgaris
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Definition of Milkwort
1. n. A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
Definition of Milkwort
1. Noun. Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus ''Polygala'' that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptra species. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milkwort
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Milkwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Milkwort
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