[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Originally: any of several kinds of milkwort (Polygala species), especially common milkwort, P. vulgaris. Later also (Polygala): the type genus of the family Polygalaceae, comprising the milkworts.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Henry Lyte (1529–1607), botanist and antiquary. From classical Latin polygala, feminine (Pliny; from Hellenistic Greek πολύγαλον, neuter from ancient Greek πολυ- + γάλα milk), originally via Middle French polygala