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Polygala
(gcide) | Polygala \Po*lyg"a*la\, n. [L., milkwort, fr. Gr. ?; poly`s much
+ ? milk.]
A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a
two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering
wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.
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polygala
(wn) | Polygala
n 1: type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot
[syn: Polygala, genus Polygala] |
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fringed polygala
(encz) | fringed polygala, n: |
Polygala lutea
(gcide) | candyweed \can"dy*weed`\ (k[a^]n"d[-e]*w[=e]d`), n.
bog plant (Polygala lutea) of pine barrens of southeastern
U.S. having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers.
Syn: orange milkwort, yellow milkwort, yellow bachelor's
button.
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Polygala paucifolia
(gcide) | gay-wings \gay-wings\ n.
A common trailing perennial milkwort (Polygala paucifolia)
of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and
usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
Syn: flowering wintergreen, gaywings, bird-on-the-wing,
fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia.
[WordNet 1.5]Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
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Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the
species of Pyrola which in America are called
English wintergreen, and shin leaf (see Shin leaf,
under Shin.) In America, the name wintergreen is
given to Gaultheria procumbens, a low evergreen
aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of
a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed
by red berries; -- called also checkerberry, and
sometimes, though improperly, partridge berry.
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Chickweed wintergreen, a low perennial primulaceous herb
(Trientalis Americana); -- also called star flower.
Flowering wintergreen, a low plant (Polygala paucifolia)
with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen
(Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple
blossoms.
oil of wintergreen, An aromatic oil, consisting almost
entirely of methyl salicylate (CH3CO.O.C6H4.OH),
obtained by distillation of an extract of the wintergreen
(Gaultheria procumbens); it can also be obtained from
some other plants. It is used as a flavoring agent for
tooth powders and pastes, sometimes combined with menthol
or eucalyptus. It is called also oil of teaberry, {oil
of partridgeberry}, and oil of gaultheria.
Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila
maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.
[1913 Webster + PJC]bird-on-the-wing \bird-on-the-wing\ n.
a common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America
(Polygala paucifolia), having leaves like wintergreen and
usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
Syn: flowering wintergreen, gaywings, gay-wings, fringed
polygala.
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Polygala Senega
(gcide) | Senecas \Sen"e*cas\, n. pl.; sing. Seneca. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western
New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike
of the Five Nations.
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Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy.
Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha.
Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of
an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega)
having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used
medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large
doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also {Senega
root}, and Seneka root.]
[1913 Webster]Senegin \Sen"e*gin\, n. (Med. Chem.)
A substance extracted from the rootstock of the {Polygala
Senega} (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic
acid.
[1913 Webster]Snakeroot \Snake"root`\, n. (Bot.)
Any one of several plants of different genera and species,
most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be
efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the
roots of any of these.
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Note: The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria;
black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. {Sanicula
Marilandica}, also Cimicifuga racemosa; Seneca
snakeroot is Polygala Senega; button snakeroot is
Liatris, also Eryngium; white snakeroot is
Eupatorium ageratoides. The name is also applied to
some others besides these.
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Polygala vulgaris
(gcide) | Gang-flower \Gang"-flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called
from blossoming in gang week. --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Milkwort \Milk"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common
European Polygala vulgaris was supposed to have the power
of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
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Note: The species of Campanula, or bellflower, are
sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.
[1913 Webster]Rogation \Ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. rogatio, fr. rogare, rogatum, to
ask, beg, supplicate: cf. F. rogation. Cf. Abrogate,
Arrogant, Probogue.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a
law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.
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2. (Eccl.) Litany; supplication.
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He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in
use. --Hooker.
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Rogation days (Eccl.), the three days which immediately
precede Ascension Day; -- so called as being days on
which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of
special supplication.
Rogation flower (Bot.), a European species of milkwort
(Polygala vulgaris); -- so called from its former use
for garlands in Rogation week. --Dr. Prior.
Rogation week, the second week before Whitsunday, in which
the Rogation days occur.
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Polygalaceous
(gcide) | Polygalaceous \Pol`y*ga*la"ceous\, a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
(Polygalace[ae]) of which Polygala is the type.
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family polygalaceae
(wn) | family Polygalaceae
n 1: trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both
hemispheres [syn: Polygalaceae, family Polygalaceae,
milkwort family] |
fringed polygala
(wn) | fringed polygala
n 1: common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America
having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple
flowers with winged sepals [syn: flowering wintergreen,
gaywings, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala,
Polygala paucifolia] |
genus polygala
(wn) | genus Polygala
n 1: type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot
[syn: Polygala, genus Polygala] |
polygala
(wn) | Polygala
n 1: type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot
[syn: Polygala, genus Polygala] |
polygala alba
(wn) | Polygala alba
n 1: perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States
having white flowers with green centers and often purple
crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot [syn: senega,
Polygala alba] |
polygala lutea
(wn) | Polygala lutea
n 1: bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States
having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers [syn:
orange milkwort, yellow milkwort, candyweed, {yellow
bachelor's button}, Polygala lutea] |
polygala paucifolia
(wn) | Polygala paucifolia
n 1: common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America
having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple
flowers with winged sepals [syn: flowering wintergreen,
gaywings, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala,
Polygala paucifolia] |
polygala senega
(wn) | Polygala senega
n 1: eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of
small white flowers and medicinal roots [syn: {Seneca
snakeroot}, Seneka snakeroot, senga root, {senega
root}, senega snakeroot, Polygala senega] |
polygala vulgaris
(wn) | Polygala vulgaris
n 1: small European perennial with numerous branches having
racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to
promote human lactation [syn: common milkwort, {gand
flower}, Polygala vulgaris] |
polygalaceae
(wn) | Polygalaceae
n 1: trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both
hemispheres [syn: Polygalaceae, family Polygalaceae,
milkwort family] |
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