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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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