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medick
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun medick has 1 sense
- medick(n = noun.plant) medic, trefoil - any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus medicago, medicago
has particulars: medicago arborea, moon trefoil, medicago falcata, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, calvary clover, medicago echinus, medicago intertexta, black medick, hop clover, medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil, alfalfa, lucerne, medicago sativa
CIDE DICTIONARY
medick, n.
Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
medick, n. (also medic) any leguminous plant of the genus Medicago, esp. alfalfa.
Etymology
ME f. L medica f. Gk Medike poa Median grass
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