milkwort

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Polygala

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Etymology

From milk +‎ wort.

Noun

milkwort (countable and uncountable, plural milkworts)

1. Any of more than 500 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.

Derived terms

• common milkwort (Polygala vulgaris)
• sea milkwort (Lysimachia maritima)

Translations

Polygala

Bulgarian: телчарка f (telčarka) Catalan: polígala f Dutch: vleugeltjesbloem f Finnish: linnunruoho (fi) French: polygale (fr) m German: Kreuzblume (de) f Greek: Ancient: πολύγαλον n (polúgalon) Hungarian: pacsirtafű (hu) Italian: poligala f Polish: krzyżownica (pl) f Romanian: amăreală (ro) f, poligală (ro) f Russian: исто́д (ru) m (istód) Welsh: amlaethai (cy) m