Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Polygala"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Polygala \Po*lyg"a*la\, n. [L., milkwort, fr. Gr. ?; poly`s much
+ ? 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Polygala
n : type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; seneca; snakeroot
[syn: {Polygala}, {genus Polygala}]
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