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milkwort
noun milk·wort \ˈmilk-ˌwərt, -ˌwȯrt\
Definition of MILKWORT
: any of a genus (Polygala of the family Polygalaceae, the milkwort family) of herbs and shrubs often having showy flowers with three sometimes crested petals united below into a tube and an irregular calyx with two petaloid sepals
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First Known Use of MILKWORT
1578
Rhymes with MILKWORT
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