POLYGALA SENEGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polygala senega mean? 

• POLYGALA SENEGA (noun)
  The noun POLYGALA SENEGA has 1 sense:

1. eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots

  Familiarity information: POLYGALA SENEGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYGALA SENEGA (noun)

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Meaning:

Eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Polygala senega; Seneca snakeroot; senega root; senega snakeroot; Seneka snakeroot; senga root

Hypernyms ("Polygala senega" is a kind of...):

milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)

Meronyms (parts of "Polygala senega"):

senega (dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin)