Definition of Galega

1. Noun. Small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue.

Exact synonyms: Genus Galega
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Galega Officinalis, Goat Rue, Goat's Rue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galega

Galatea
Galatia
Galatian
Galatians
Galatic
Galax urceolata
Galaxia
Galaxy
Galbraith
Galbulidae
Galeati
Galeati's glands
Galeazzi
Galeazzi's fracture
Galega (current term)
Galega officinalis
Galego
Galen
Galen's anastomosis
Galen's nerve
Galenic
Galenical
Galenically
Galenicals
Galenism
Galenist
Galenists
Galeocerdo
Galeocerdo cuvieri

Literary usage of Galega

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1827)
"Sent by Messrs SHEPHERD from the Liverpool Botanic Garden, July 1825, as a supposed Galega from the north-west coast of New Holland, whence the seeds were ..."

2. Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable Flower-garden : with Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent (1825)
"... agree in liking the shade, and a frequent supply of water, but they must not have much at a time. All the kinds have blue flowers. GOATS-RUE. Galega. ..."

3. Therapeutic Gazette (1891)
"THE GALACTAGOGUE PROPERTIES OF Galega. IN our lait issue we published a note as to the claim which has recently been advanced concerning the galactagogue ..."

4. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and by Philip Miller (1754)
"Galega, Goat's rue. ... С. В. Common Goat's-rue, with white Flowers. 3. Galega vulgaris, floribus ex ..."

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