English > medick: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves. |
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| Synonyms | medic, trefoil |
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| Member of | Medicago, genus Medicago | A genus of herbs that resemble clover |
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| Narrower | Calvary clover, Medicago intertexta, Medicago echinus | An annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots |
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| alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa | Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop |
| black medick, hop clover, yellow trefoil, nonesuch clover, Medicago lupulina | prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods |
| moon trefoil, Medicago arborea | evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods |
| sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata | European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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