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milkwort

DEFINITIONS OF: milkwort

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n any of various plants of the genus Polygala

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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
Polygala lutea, candyweed, orange milkwort, yellow bachelor's button, yellow milkwort
bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers
Polygala paucifolia, bird-on-the-wing, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, gaywings
common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
Polygala senega, Seneca snakeroot, Seneka snakeroot, senega root, senega snakeroot, senga root
eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots
Polygala vulgaris, common milkwort, gand flower
small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation
Type of:
subshrub, suffrutex
low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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