Jump to content

milkwort

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]
This entry needs a photograph or drawing for illustration. Please try to find a suitable image on Wikimedia Commons or upload one there yourself!
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Wikispecies has information on:

Wikispecies

Etymology

[edit]

From milk +‎ wort.

Noun

[edit]

milkwort (countable and uncountable, plural milkworts)

  1. Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=milkwort&oldid=82436180"