| bird-on-the-wing | n. a common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America (Polygala paucifolia), having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals. |
| flowering wintergreen | (n) common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals, Syn. gaywings, fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia, bird-on-the-wing |