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A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.

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  1. n. A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.
  2. A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.
  3. A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and atwo-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen,etc.); milkwort.
  4. n type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot