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polygala
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun polygala has 1 sense
- polygala(n = noun.plant) genus polygala - type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot; Array is a kind of rosid dicot genus
is a member of family polygalaceae, milkwort family, polygalaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
polygala, 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. [1913 Webster]
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