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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. 2
   any of various plants of the genus Polygala wordnet

Synonyms

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common milkwortmilkwort genusnectar source plantpollinator plantpolygalapolygala genus

Antonyms

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nonmilkwort

Etymology

From milk + wort.