polygala
noun
po·lyg·a·la pə-ˈli-gə-lə 
: milkwort
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, genus name, going back to Latin, "milkwort," borrowed, with declensional change, from Greek polýgalon, from poly- poly- + -galon, derivative of galakt-, gála "milk" — more at galaxy
Note: The genus was introduced by linnaeus in Species plantarum (Stockholm, 1753), tomus 2, p. 701.
First Known Use
1578, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
polygala
noun
po·lyg·a·la pə-ˈlig-ə-lə
1
capitalized : a genus of herbs and shrubs (family Polygalaceae) of temperate and warm regions having many colored often showy flowers and including some (as the seneca snakeroot) which have been used in medicine
2
: any plant of the genus Polygala
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