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milkwort

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From milk + wort.

noun milkworts

  1. 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.

    Similar: Rogation-flower

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noun Polygala

Françaispolygale
DeutschKreuzblume
Italianopoligala
Românăamăreală, poligală
Русскийисто́д istód

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@misc{milkwort_2026,
  title = {milkwort},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/milkwort},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}