Polygala is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
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1570-80; New Latin, genus name, special use of Latin polygala, for Greek polýgalon milkwort, literally, something very milky, equivalent to poly- poly- + -galon, deri
The remedies in common use are the polygala seneca or Aristolochia serpentaria, employed as a decoction.
The hardy annual varieties of polygala are obtained by seed sown in peat.
Quercus callicarpifolius appeared soon after, with polygala linearis, Scitamineæ are common in the valley.
The genus polygala is well known from the very handsome greenhouse plants which it contains.
But the polygala is quite inodorous, while the guaco gives forth a strong aromatic smell, resembling valerian.
It is to be found in August and September on the common milkwort (polygala vulgaris).
Though I knew it not then, it was the famed “snake-root” (polygala senega).
Root of seneka, polygala seneka, of elicampane, inula helenium.
A white odourless powder, discovered by Gehlin in the bark of seneka root (polygala Senega).
Its scientific name, polygala, is derived from Greek and means “much milk,” and the plant was supposed to encourage lactation.
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