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melilot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun melilot has 1 sense
- melilot(n = noun.plant) melilotus, sweet clover - erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement; Array is a member of genus melilotus
has particulars: melilotus alba, white melilot, white sweet clover, melilotus officinalis, yellow sweet clover
is a kind of ligneous plant, woody plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
melilot, n. [F. mélilot, L. melilotus, fr. Gr. , , a kind of clover containing honey; me`li honey + lotus.].
Any species of Melilotus , a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus cærulea ) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese. [1913 Webster]
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