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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).
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Medicago lupulina
(gcide) | 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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Medicago lupulina
(gcide) | 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.
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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] |
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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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] NonetMedic \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.
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