Definition of Gaywings

1. Noun. Common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.


Definition of Gaywings

1. Noun. ''Polygala paucifolia'', a perennial flowering plant with pink and white flowers. ¹

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Definition of Gaywings

1. a perennial herb [n GAYWINGS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaywings

gaymos
gayne
gayned
gaynes
gaynesses
gayning
gays
gaysian
gaysians
gaysome
gaytre
gaytres
gaywads
gaywings (current term)
gazabo
gazaboes
gazabos
gazal
gazals
gazania
gazanias
gazar
gazars
gaze
gaze paretic nystagmus
gazebo
gazeboes
gazebolike

Literary usage of Gaywings

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1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... gaywings, fringed milkwort, flowering wintergreen, and fringed polygala; the latter as box-leaved milkwort. P. lutea is one of the handsomest American ..."

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