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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats