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Bird-on-the-wing (Noun)

Meaning

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

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • The delicate pink petals of the bird-on-the-wing plant swayed gently in the morning breeze.
  • In the woodland garden, the bird-on-the-wing flowered in late spring, its winged sepals a striking feature.
  • The botanist identified the bird-on-the-wing plant by its distinctive rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
  • Bird-on-the-wing is a charming addition to a shade garden, with its wintergreen-like leaves and showy flowers.
  • The bird-on-the-wing plant thrived in the moist woodland soil, its trailing stems spreading quickly to form a lush carpet.

Synonyms

  • Flowering Wintergreen
  • Fringed Polygala
  • Polygala Paucifolia
  • Gaywings

Hypernyms

  • Milkwort
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