Associations to the word «Polygala»

Wiktionary

POLYGALA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Polygalaceae   — bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary; snakeroot, wintergreen, milkwort.
POLYGALA, noun. Any milkwort of the genus Polygala

Dictionary definition

POLYGALA, noun. Type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope