Glaux

noun

ˈglȯks

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

Word History

Etymology

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

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