fringed polygala

fringed polygala
a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube. Also called flowering wintergreen, gaywings.

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  • fringed polygala — ☆ fringed polygala n. a trailing perennial milkwort (Polygala paucifolia) with rosy lavender flowers having a fringed lower lip, growing in the woods of E North America …   English World dictionary

  • fringed polygala — 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, ↑bird on the wing, ↑Polygala paucifolia • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Polygala paucifolia — gay wings 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Polygala paucifolia — gay wings 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Polygala paucifolia — 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Polygala paucifolia — 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, ↑bird on the wing, ↑fringed polygala • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Polygala — vulgaris Scientific classification Kingdom: Plant …   Wikipedia

  • Polygala vulgaris — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

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