'bird-on-the-wing' definitions:

Definition of 'bird-on-the-wing'

noun

Common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals [syn: flowering wintergreen, gaywings, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia]

Definition of 'bird-on-the-wing'

From: GCIDE

bird-on-the-wing \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.
Syn: flowering wintergreen, gaywings, gay-wings, fringed polygala. [WordNet 1.5]

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