Polygala

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

  Polygala \Po*lyg"a*la\, n. [L., milkwort, fr. Gr. ?; poly`s much
     + ? milk.]
     A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a
     two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering
     wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Polygala
       n : type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; seneca; snakeroot
           [syn: {genus Polygala}]