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Etymology

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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

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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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genera of owls

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plant genus