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What (who) is milkwort - definition
GENUS OF PLANTS
Milkwort; Milkworts; Bitter Milkwort; Pilostaxis; Triclisperma
![''[[Polygala lutea]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bog Batchelors Button (5385569343).jpg?width=200 "''[[Polygala lutea]]''")
![''[[Polygala poaya]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Polygala poaya.jpg?width=200 "''[[Polygala poaya]]''")
![''[[Polygala amara]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Polygala amara a1.jpg?width=200 "''[[Polygala amara]]''")
![''[[Polygala myrtifolia]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Polygala myrtifolia (2921770836).jpg?width=200 "''[[Polygala myrtifolia]]''")
![''[[Polygala nana]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Polygalanana.jpg?width=200 "''[[Polygala nana]]''")
milkwort
¦ noun a small plant with blue, pink, or white flowers, formerly believed to increase the milk yield of cows and nursing mothers. [Polygala vulgaris and related species.]
Milkwort
·noun A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
Polygala
Polygala is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots.
Wikipedia
Polygala
Polygala is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots. The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the world in temperate zones and the tropics. The genus name Polygala comes from the ancient Greek "much milk", as the plant was thought to increase milk yields in cattle.
