Glaux

Translingual

Etymology

Latin glaux (milkvetch (Astragalus spp.)) per Pliny (a plant also called eugalacton εὐγάλακτον), itself from Greek γλαύξ which per Dioscorides referred to another plant, wart cress (Coronopus spp.).

Proper noun

Glaux f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae milkworts; now a single species of flowering plant, sea milkwort, now sometimes Lysimachia maritima.
  2. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the order Strigiformes – certain owls.

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Derived terms

genera of owls

References

plant genus
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