ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: a common trailing perennial milkwort ( Polygala paucifolia ) of eastern No. America having leaves suggesting those of the wintergreen and rosy purple or occasionally white flowers with winged sepals and fringed crest on the corolla — called also flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala