Definition of Polygalas

1. Noun. (plural of polygala) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polygalas

1. polygala [n] - See also: polygala

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygalas

polyfoto
polyfotos
polyfrob
polyfrobs
polyfructose
polyfunctional
polyfunctionality
polyfunctionalization
polyfunctionalized
polygala
polygalaceous
polygalactia
polygalacturonan
polygalacturonase
polygalacturonases
polygalas (current term)
polygalic
polygalic acid
polygalin
polygalins
polygam
polygamian
polygamic
polygamical
polygamically
polygamies
polygamious
polygamise
polygamised

Literary usage of Polygalas

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

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1907)
"... are only slightly different from those of some polygalas, I am quite unable to agree with him that this shrub and tree are congeneric with herbaceous ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"In the culture of polygalas there are three points of view. ... Kef erring to our native species, FW Barclay writes: "polygalas are mainly plants of low ..."

3. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1851)
"... two varieties of Eriostemon, one forming a cylinder of little white stars at least seven feet high; two polygalas, the white variety of Erica vestita, ..."

4. Greenhouse & Stove Plants: Flowering and Fine-leaved, Palms, Ferns, and by Thomas Baines (1885)
"polygalas are very free rooters, and not nearly so impatient of slight excess of moisture at the roots as many Cape plants .are. ..."

5. Greenhouse and Stove Plants, Flowering and Fine-leaved, Palms, Ferns, and by Thomas Baines (1885)
"They are nearly allied to polygalas, but the flowers are smaller, ... Their propagation and after treatment are such as advised for polygalas, which see. ..."

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