English > milkwort: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Polygala. |
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| Member of | Polygala, genus Polygala | type genus of the Polygalaceae |
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| Narrower | Seneca snakeroot, Seneka snakeroot, senga root, senega root, senega snakeroot, Polygala senega | Eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots |
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| common milkwort, gand flower, Polygala vulgaris | small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers |
| flowering wintergreen, gaywings, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia | Common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals |
| orange milkwort, yellow milkwort, candyweed, yellow bachelor's button, Polygala lutea | bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers |
| senega, Polygala alba | perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest |
| Broader | subshrub, suffrutex | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |
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| Spanish | milkwort |
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| Catalan | milkwort |
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