HyperDic: medick

English > 1 sense of the word medick:
NOUNplantmedick, medic, trefoilany of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
English > medick: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
Synonymsmedic, trefoil
Member ofMedicago, genus MedicagoA genus of herbs that resemble clover
NarrowerCalvary clover, Medicago intertexta, Medicago echinusAn annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots
alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativaImportant 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 lupulinaprostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods
moon trefoil, Medicago arboreaevergreen 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 falcataEuropean medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem

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