milkwort family

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milkwort family - trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheresfamily Polygalaceae, Polygalaceaerosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsGeraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceaegenus Polygala, Polygala - type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot