"Galax" meaning in All languages combined

See Galax on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Galax, as in Galax urceolata, an evergreen groundcover plant found throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Galax}} translingual Galax, {{taxlink|Galax urceolata|species}} Galax urceolata Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Galax
  1. An independent city in Virginia, United States. Wikipedia link: Galax, Virginia Categories (place): Cities in Virginia, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Virginia, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Galax-en-name-MKn9ttWi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek γάλαξ (gálax, “a shellfish, probably rayed trough shell (Mactra stultorum, syn. Mactra lactea)”). Etymology templates: {{vern|rayed trough shell}} rayed trough shell, {{taxlink|Mactra stultorum|species}} Mactra stultorum, {{taxlink|Mactra lactea|species}} Mactra lactea, {{der|mul|grc|γάλαξ||a shellfish, probably rayed trough shell (Mactra stultorum, syn. Mactra lactea)}} Ancient Greek γάλαξ (gálax, “a shellfish, probably rayed trough shell (Mactra stultorum, syn. Mactra lactea)”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Galax|nogendercat=1}} Galax f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Diapensiaceae – beetleweed, wandplant, wandflower, native to forests of the eastern United States from Massachusetts to northern Alabama, especially the Appalachian Mountains. Tags: feminine Hyponyms (genus): Galax urceolata (english: sole species)
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