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n. Any of various plants of the genus Polygala, having variously colored, irregular flowers with two petaloid sepals.

n. Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptra species.

n. A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European Polygala vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.

n. A plant of the genus Polygala, formerly imagined to increase the milk of nurses.

n. A seaside plant, Glaux maritima, with the same supposed property. Also called sea-milkwort.

n. any of various plants of the genus Polygala

"Of special interest are spp. of Himalayan origin such as milkwort (Lancea tibetica) and Kobresia moujr."

suffrutex    subshrub   

yellow milkwort    polygala vulgaris    senega root    bird-on-the-wing    flowering wintergreen    polygala lutea    common milkwort    polygala senega    polygala alba    yellow bachelor's button   

coltsfoot    sainfoin    flower-de-luce    base/base    quatrefoil    ramie    alchohol    whortleberry    stela    sisal