milkwort family

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   trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres

   SynonymsPolygalaceaefamily Polygalaceae

   Broaderrosid dicot family

   Part ofGeraniales

Questions about milkwort family

What does milkwort family mean?

milkwort family means "trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres".

What is another word for milkwort family?

Close synonyms include Polygalaceae, family Polygalaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is milkwort family a common word?

milkwort family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.