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polygala


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Polygala 
  n  :  type  genus  of  the  Polygalaceae:  milkwort;  seneca;  snakeroot 
  [syn:  {Polygala},  {genus  Polygala}] 




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