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noun
Polygala paucifolia, a perennial flowering plant with pink and white flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flowering wintergreen, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: milkwort
History
From gay (“bright, colorful”) + wings.
