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COMMON MILKWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common milkwort mean?
• COMMON MILKWORT (noun)
The noun COMMON MILKWORT has 1 sense:
1. small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation
Familiarity information: COMMON MILKWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common milkwort; gand flower; Polygala vulgaris
Hypernyms ("common milkwort" is a kind of...):
milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)
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