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milkwort

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milk⋅wort

  [milk-wurt, -wawrt]
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–noun
1. any plant or shrub of the genus Polygala, formerly supposed to increase the secretion of milk.
2. sea milkwort.
Origin:
1570–80; milk + wort 2
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milk·wort   (mĭlk'wûrt', -wôrt')   
n.  Any of various plants of the genus Polygala, having variously colored, irregular flowers with two petaloid sepals.

[From the belief that it increases human lactation.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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