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MILKWORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Polygala
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("milkwort" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "milkwort"):
Polygala alba; senega (perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot)
candyweed; orange milkwort; Polygala lutea; yellow bachelor's button; yellow milkwort (bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers)
bird-on-the-wing; flowering wintergreen; fringed polygala; gaywings; Polygala paucifolia (common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals)
Polygala senega; Seneca snakeroot; senega root; senega snakeroot; Seneka snakeroot; senga root (eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots)
common milkwort; gand flower; Polygala vulgaris (small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation)
Holonyms ("milkwort" is a member of...):
genus Polygala; Polygala (type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot)
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