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Glaux

noun

sea milkwort

• Syn: ↑genus Glaux

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Primulaceae, ↑family Primulaceae, ↑primrose family

• Member Meronyms: ↑sea milkwort, ↑sea trifoly, ↑black saltwort, ↑Glaux maritima

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\\ˈglȯks\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a plant, from Greek glaux, glax swine cress

: a cosmopolitan genus of fleshly perennial herbs (family Primulaceae) having opposite leaves and small whitish flowers — see sea milkwort

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Glaux /glöks/

noun

The generic name of sea milkwort or black saltwort, a fleshy seaside plant of the primrose family, with pink sepals and no petals, once used in soda-making

ORIGIN: Gr glaux wart cress

Useful english dictionary. 2012.