Glaux

Translingual Etymology mul la 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 1 f mul botany dated genus family Primulaceae milkworts; now a single species of flowering plant, sea milkwort, now usually Lysimachia maritima species mul zoology dated genus order Strigiformes certain owls Hypernyms genus ; Myrsinoideae subfamily subfamily Hyponyms genus Glaux maritima species type species (syn. of Lysimachia maritima species); other species formerly placed here are now usually placed in Nitrophila genus. Derived terms genera of owls Glaucidium Gymnoglaux genus Heteroglaux genus Pyrroglaux genus †Sceloglaux genus Smithiglaux genus Uroglaux genus Xenoglaux genus References plant genus 1 1 1 110752 49898593 23981 GLAUX taxonomygenus 4978 40014723 γλαύξ mul Primrose family plants Owls