Milkwort

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Milkwort \Milk"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A genus of plants ({Polygala}) of many species. The common
     European {Polygala vulgaris} was supposed to have the power
     of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
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     Note: The species of {Campanula}, or bellflower, are
           sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  milkwort
       n : any of various plants of the genus Polygala