What does "milkwort" mean?

Any of more than five hundred species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.

What is a synonym for "milkwort"?

Common synonyms include: rogation-flower.

Milkwort

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Definitions

Noun

1
Any of more than five hundred species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order. countable, uncountable
2
any of various plants of the genus Polygala wordnet