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Definition of Polygala alba
1. Noun. Perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygala Alba
Literary usage of Polygala alba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"181 and 553), that this was derived from polygala alba, Nuttall, which grows in
Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1893)
"polygala alba, Nuttall.—LK Sayre. A note relating to the abundance of Polygala
alba in Kansas, as ascertained in a discussion upon the subject at a meeting ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1901)
"Polygala Senega and polygala alba—Characters of Distinction. ... Maisch as being
the root of polygala alba —both this species and P. senega being found in ..."
4. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1845)
"... rose and purple flowers; polygala alba, white, pale pink, and violet; Echinacea,
white and pale purple. Schrankia grows only on the slopes, prostrate, ..."
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