gaywings

gay·wings

uncommon

noun

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

Synonyms

flowering wintergreen
bird-on-the-wing
fringed polygala
Polygala paucifolia

Origin

From gay (“bright, colorful”) + wings.

Related words

Broader terms

milkwort

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noun
singular	gaywings
plural	gaywings, gaywingses