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milkwort


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  milkwort 
  n  :  any  of  various  plants  of  the  genus  Polygala 




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