MILKWORT

milkwort. Milkwort, n. a plant, spurge

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Milk″wort′ (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses. ☞ The species of Campanula, or bellflower, are sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.