meaning of polygala
1. A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc. ); milkwort.
2. type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; seneca; snakeroot
Related Words
polygala | polygala alba | polygala lutea | polygala paucifolia | polygala senega | polygala vulgaris | polygalaceae | polygalaceous |