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milkwort

milkwort noun: any of more than five hundred species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.

Noun

milkwort (countable and uncountable, plural milkworts)

  1. Any of more than five hundred species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.
    Synonyms:
    Rogation-flower

milkwort meaning in Tamil

milkwort in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of milkwort

Forms of milkwort

pluralmilkworts

Origin of milkwort

From milk + wort.

Words formed from milkwort

Questions about milkwort

What does milkwort mean?
Milkwort means any of more than five hundred species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.
What is milkwort in Tamil?
Milkwort in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Milkwort meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is milkwort?
Milkwort is a noun.
What is the plural of milkwort?
The plural of milkwort is milkworts.

Words near milkwort in the dictionary

  1. milkwhite
  2. milkwoman
  3. milkwomen
  4. milkwood
  5. milkwoods
  6. milkwort
  7. milkworts
  8. milky
  9. milky disease
  10. milky quartz
  11. milky quartzes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: milkwort (page history and authors); milkwort (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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