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Webster 1913 Edition
Polygala
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Po-lyg′a-la
,Noun.
[L., milkwort, fr. Gr. [GREEK];
πολύσ
much + [GREEK] milk.] A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.
Definition 2024
Polygala
Polygala
See also: polygala
Translingual
Proper noun
Polygala f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Polygalaceae – bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary; snakeroot, wintergreen, milkwort.
See also
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Polygala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Polygala on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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Polygala on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons