Definitions for polygalas

polygalas po·lyg·a·la

Spelling: [puh-lig-uh-luh]
IPA: /pəˈlɪg ə lə/

Polygalas is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in polygalas (aagllopsy).

Definitions for polygalas

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.

Origin of polygalas

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

Examples for polygalas

The hardy annual varieties of polygala are obtained by seed sown in peat.

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).

The remedies in common use are the polygala seneca or Aristolochia serpentaria, employed as a decoction.

But the polygala is quite inodorous, while the guaco gives forth a strong aromatic smell, resembling valerian.

Quercus callicarpifolius appeared soon after, with polygala linearis, Scitamineæ are common in the valley.

Root of seneka, polygala seneka, of elicampane, inula helenium.

The genus polygala is well known from the very handsome greenhouse plants which it contains.

Its scientific name, polygala, is derived from Greek and means “much milk,” and the plant was supposed to encourage lactation.

A white odourless powder, discovered by Gehlin in the bark of seneka root (polygala Senega).

Word Value for polygalas
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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