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Medicago arborea
(gcide) | Moon \Moon\ (m[=oo]n), n. [OE. mone, AS. m[=o]na; akin to D.
maan, OS. & OHG. m[=a]no, G. mond, Icel. m[=a]ni, Dan. maane,
Sw. m[*a]ne, Goth. m[=e]na, Lith. men[*u], L. mensis month,
Gr. mh`nh moon, mh`n month, Skr. m[=a]s moon, month; prob.
from a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure),
from its serving to measure the time. [root]271. Cf. Mete
to measure, Menses, Monday, Month.]
1. The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the
satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light,
borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and
serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of
the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth
is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of
the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.
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The crescent moon, the diadem of night. --Cowper.
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2. A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any
member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or
Saturn.
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3. The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in
her orbit; a month; as, it's been many moons since I last
visited Washington. --Shak.
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4. (Fort.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
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5. The deliberately exposed naked buttocks. [slang]
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Moon blindness.
(a) (Far.) A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at
intervals of three or four weeks.
(b) (Med.) Hemeralopia.
Moon dial, a dial used to indicate time by moonlight.
Moon face, a round face like a full moon.
Moon madness, lunacy. [Poetic]
Moon month, a lunar month.
Moon trefoil (Bot.), a shrubby species of medic ({Medicago
arborea}). See Medic.
Moon year, a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, being
sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen.
blue moon, see blue moon in the vocabulary.
many moons, a long time.
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Medicago Helix
(gcide) | Snail \Snail\ (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel,
sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel.
snigill.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix
and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They
are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except
the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on
vegetation; a land snail.
(b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true
snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See
Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
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2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
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3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally
curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the
position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a
striking clock.
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4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to
protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.]
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They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . .
that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or
of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow
pavises and targets, under the which men, when they
fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail
is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails.
--Vegetius
(Trans.).
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5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover.
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Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under
Ear, Edible, etc.
Snail borer (Zool.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.
Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago
scuttellata}, also, Medicago Helix); -- so named from
its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called
also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive.
Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus
Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled
like a snail shell.
Snail shell (Zool.), the shell of snail.
Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.
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Medicago intertexta
(gcide) | Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n.
1. (Zool.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus
Europ[ae]us}), and other allied species of Asia and
Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body
mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself
into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every
direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly
upon insects.
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2. (Zool.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]
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3. (Bot.) A species of Medicago (Medicago intertexta),
the pods of which are armed with short spines; --
popularly so called. --Loudon.
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4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight.
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5. (Elec.) A variety of transformer with open magnetic
circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned
outward and presenting a bristling appearance, whence the
name.
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6. (Mil.) a defensive obstacle having pointed barbs extending
outward, such as one composed of crossed logs with barbed
wire wound around them, or a tangle of steel beams
embedded in concrete used to impede or damage landing
craft on a beach; also, a position well-fortified with
such defensive obstacles.
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Hedgehog caterpillar (Zool.), the hairy larv[ae] of several
species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It
curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See {Woolly
bear}, and Isabella moth.
Hedgehog fish (Zool.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp.
of the genus Diodon; the porcupine fish.
Hedgehog grass (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres,
growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus
tribuloides}).
Hedgehog rat (Zool.), one of several West Indian rodents,
allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few
quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong
to Capromys, Plagiodon, and allied genera.
Hedgehog shell (Zool.), any spinose, marine, univalve shell
of the genus Murex.
Hedgehog thistle (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family,
globular in form, and covered with spines
(Echinocactus).
Sea hedgehog. See Diodon.
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Medicago lupulina
(gcide) | Shamrock \Sham"rock\, n. [L. seamrog, seamar, trefoil, white
clover, white honeysuckle; akin to Gael. seamrag.] (Bot.)
A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish.
The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for
use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
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Note: The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel
(Oxalis Acetocella); but now the name is given to the
white clover (Trifolium repens), and the black medic
(Medicago lupulina).
[1913 Webster]Nonesuch \None"such`\, n.
A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such;
something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It
is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety
of apple, a species of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety
of pottery clay, etc.
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introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic
is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is
Medicago sativa.
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Medicago sativa
(gcide) | Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple
cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
[1913 Webster]Medic \Med"ic\, n. [L. medica, Gr. ? (sc. ?) a kind of clover
introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic
is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is
Medicago sativa.
[1913 Webster]Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having
bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder;
-- so called in California, Texas, etc.
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Medicago scuttellata
(gcide) | Snail \Snail\ (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel,
sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel.
snigill.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix
and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They
are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except
the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on
vegetation; a land snail.
(b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true
snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See
Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
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2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
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3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally
curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the
position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a
striking clock.
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4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to
protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.]
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They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . .
that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or
of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow
pavises and targets, under the which men, when they
fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail
is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails.
--Vegetius
(Trans.).
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5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover.
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Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under
Ear, Edible, etc.
Snail borer (Zool.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.
Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago
scuttellata}, also, Medicago Helix); -- so named from
its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called
also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive.
Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus
Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled
like a snail shell.
Snail shell (Zool.), the shell of snail.
Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.
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genus medicago
(wn) | genus Medicago
n 1: a genus of herbs that resemble clover [syn: Medicago,
genus Medicago] |
medicago arborea
(wn) | Medicago arborea
n 1: evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy
foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the
summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods [syn: {moon
trefoil}, Medicago arborea] |
medicago echinus
(wn) | Medicago echinus
n 1: an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods
and leaves with dark spots [syn: Calvary clover,
Medicago intertexta, Medicago echinus] |
medicago falcata
(wn) | Medicago falcata
n 1: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow
flowers and sickle-shaped pods [syn: sickle alfalfa,
sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata] |
medicago intertexta
(wn) | Medicago intertexta
n 1: an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods
and leaves with dark spots [syn: Calvary clover,
Medicago intertexta, Medicago echinus] |
medicago lupulina
(wn) | Medicago lupulina
n 1: prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and
curved black pods; naturalized in North America [syn:
black medick, hop clover, yellow trefoil, {nonesuch
clover}, Medicago lupulina] |
medicago sativa
(wn) | Medicago sativa
n 1: important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate
leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture
and hay crop [syn: alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa] |
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