Milkwort n. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European Polygala vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses. Note: The species of Campanula, or bellflower, are sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.
... but there is hardly an attempt to alter its character within, unless by a round plot of rhododendrons offering a few late blossoms. But all nature, however stern and savage, smiles on a July day. The purple heather-bell is in bloom, the tiny blue milkwort and the yellow rock-rose help to make a summer carpet which is rendered still gayer by many a pale peach- coloured orchis and by an occasional spray of wild roses, deeper in the rose than the same flower ... — Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, (Victoria) Vol II • Sarah Tytler Read full book for free!
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