milk|wort

milk|wort
milk|wort «MIHLK WURT», noun.
1. any one of a group of showy-flowered plants, formerly thought to increase the secretion of milk in women; polygala: »

I was equally glad to see and photograph the orange milkwort (New York Times).

2. a plant of the primrose family, common on the seacoast and in salt marshes, having small, purplish-white flowers; sea milkwort.

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