milkwort en · NOUN
Etymology
From milk + wort.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| milkworts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sea milkwort · common milkwort
Synonyms
Translations (15)
fi linnunruoho (Polygala) · ru исто́д (Polygala) · de Kreuzblume (Polygala) · pl krzyżownica (Polygala) · bg телчарка (Polygala) · it poligala (Polygala) · hu pacsirtafű (Polygala) · nl vleugeltjesbloem (Polygala) · fr polygale (Polygala) · ro poligală (Polygala) · ca polígala (Polygala) · cy amlaethai (Polygala) · grc πολύγαλον (Polygala) · ro amăreală (Polygala) · eo poligalo (Polygala)