Meaning of MILKWORT
| Pronunciation: | | 'milk`wurt
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various plants of the genus Polygala |
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| | See Also: | | bird-on-the-wing, candyweed, common milkwort, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, gand flower, gaywings, genus Polygala, orange milkwort, Polygala, Polygala alba, Polygala lutea, Polygala paucifolia, Polygala senega, Polygala vulgaris, Seneca snakeroot, senega, senega root, senega snakeroot, Seneka snakeroot, senga root, subshrub, suffrutex, yellow bachelor's button, yellow milkwort | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Milk"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
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.
Note: The species of {Campanula}, or bellflower, are
sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.
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