gaywings

gaywings
noun
common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
Hypernyms: ↑milkwort

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: a common trailing perennial milkwort (Polygala paucifolia) of eastern No. America having leaves suggesting those of the wintergreen and rosy purple or occasionally white flowers with winged sepals and fringed crest on the corolla — called also flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala

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/gay"wingz"/, n., pl. gaywings.
[1840-50, Amer.; GAY + WING + -S3]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • gaywings — /gay wingz /, n., pl. gaywings. See fringed polygala. [1840 50, Amer.; GAY + WING + S3] * * * …   Universalium

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  • Polygala paucifolia — Taxobox name = Dwarf Milkwort image caption = Gaywings taken at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Polygalaceae genus = Polygala species = P. paucifolia… …   Wikipedia

  • Polygala paucifolia — ID 66127 Symbol Key POPA5 Common Name gaywings Family Polygalaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • bird-on-the-wing — noun common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy purple flowers with winged sepals • Syn: ↑flowering wintergreen, ↑gaywings, ↑fringed polygala, ↑Polygala paucifolia • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • flowering wintergreen — noun common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy purple flowers with winged sepals • Syn: ↑gaywings, ↑bird on the wing, ↑fringed polygala, ↑Polygala paucifolia • Hypernyms: ↑milkwort …   Useful english dictionary

  • bird-on-the-wing — ird on the wing n. a common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America ({Polygala paucifolia}), having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy purple flowers with winged sepals. Syn: flowering wintergreen, gaywings, gay wings, fringed …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gay-wings — n. A common trailing perennial milkwort ({Polygala paucifolia}) of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy purple flowers with winged sepals. Syn: flowering wintergreen, gaywings, bird on the wing, fringed polygala,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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