gaywings

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gaywings - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  gay-wings \gay-wings\ n.
     A common trailing perennial milkwort (Polygala paucifolia)
     of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and
     usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
  
     Syn: flowering wintergreen, gaywings, bird-on-the-wing,
          fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia.
          [WordNet 1.5]

gaywings - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gaywings
      n 1: common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America
           having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple
           flowers with winged sepals [syn: flowering wintergreen,
           gaywings, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala,
           Polygala paucifolia]