milkwort
milkwort
Definition
milk·wort (-wʉrt′)
noun
any of a genus (Polygala) of plants of the milkwort family with showy flowers of various colors
Etymology: from the former notion that it increases the secretion of milk in nursing women
adjective
designating a family (Polygalaceae, order Polygalales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the gaywings
milkwort
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: Richer grasslands may include common milkwort, salad burnet, wild thyme and common rock rose.
Adjective modifier
- common: It is almost certainly the Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris.
- blue: Bright blue Milkwort and yellow Horseshoe Vetch bedecking the downland slopes.
Noun used with modifier
- heath: Occasional splashes of color come from tormentil, heath milkwort, devil's matchsticks or silver-studded blue butterfly.
