English noun: bird-on-the-wing | |||
1. | bird-on-the-wing (plant) common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals | ||
Synonyms | flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, gaywings, Polygala paucifolia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | milkwort | ||