pəˈligələ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, from Greek polygalon milkwort, from poly- much (from polys much, many) + gala milk — more at poly- , galaxy
1. capitalized : a genus (type of the family Polygalaceae) of herbs and shrubs of temperate and warm regions having many-colored often showy flowers with the three sometimes crested petals united below into a tube and an irregular calyx with two petaloid sepals — see gaywings , milkwort , senega root
2. -s : any plant of the genus Polygala