Hypertext Webster Gateway: "milkwort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Milkwort \Milk"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of plants ({Polygala}) of many species. The common
European {P. vulgaris} was supposed to have the power of
producing a flow of milk in nurses.
Note: The species of {Campanula}, or bellflower, are
sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
milkwort
n : any of various plants of the genus Polygala
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