n.
Pronunciation: ' milk- ˌ w ə rt, - ˌ wo ̇ rt
Function: noun
Date: 1578
: any of a genus ( Polygala of the family Polygalaceae, the milkwort family) of herbs and shrubs often having showy flowers with three sometimes crested petals united below into a tube and an irregular calyx with two petaloid sepals
milkwort