milkwort

1. Any of various plants of the genus Polygala (synset 112725773)
   is a type of: subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
   subtypes:

   • polygala alba, senega - perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot
   • candyweed, orange milkwort, polygala lutea, yellow bachelor's button, yellow milkwort - bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers
   • bird-on-the-wing, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, gaywings, polygala paucifolia - common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
   • polygala senega, seneca snakeroot, senega root, senega snakeroot, seneka snakeroot, senga root - eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots
   • common milkwort, gand flower, polygala vulgaris - small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation
   belongs to: genus polygala, polygala - type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot

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