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milk vetch
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Milk vetch
(gcide) | Milk vetch \Milk" vetch`\ (Bot.)
A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and
Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
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Note: The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus
Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred
species in North America, and even more elsewhere.
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milk vetch
(gcide) | Astragalus \As*trag"a*lus\, n. [L. See Astragal.]
1. (Anat.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the
tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe
Galege[ae], containing numerous species, two of which
are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch.
Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental
species, particularly the Astragalus gummifer and
Astragalus verus.
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3. (Arch.) See Astragal, 1.
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milk vetch
(wn) | milk vetch
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Astragalus [syn: {milk
vetch}, milk-vetch] |
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purple milk vetch
(encz) | purple milk vetch, n: |
Milk vetch
(gcide) | Milk vetch \Milk" vetch`\ (Bot.)
A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and
Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus
Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred
species in North America, and even more elsewhere.
[1913 Webster]Astragalus \As*trag"a*lus\, n. [L. See Astragal.]
1. (Anat.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the
tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe
Galege[ae], containing numerous species, two of which
are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch.
Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental
species, particularly the Astragalus gummifer and
Astragalus verus.
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3. (Arch.) See Astragal, 1.
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alpine milk vetch
(wn) | alpine milk vetch
n 1: perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America
[syn: alpine milk vetch, Astragalus alpinus] |
purple milk vetch
(wn) | purple milk vetch
n 1: perennial of southern and western Europe having dense
racemes of purple or violet flowers [syn: {purple milk
vetch}, Astragalus danicus] |
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