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po·lyg·a·la \pəˈligələ\ noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, from Greek polygalon milkwort, from poly- much (from polys much, many) + gala milk — more at poly-, galaxy 1. capitalized : a genus (type of the family Polygalaceae) of herbs and shrubs of temperate and warm regions having many-colored often showy flowers with the three sometimes crested petals united below into a tube and an irregular calyx with two petaloid sepals — see gaywings, milkwort, senega root 2. -s : any plant of the genus Polygala |