Search Result for "ononis_spinosa":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots;
[syn: restharrow, rest-harrow, Ononis spinosa]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Onocerin \On`o*ce"rin\, n. [NL. Ononis, the generic name of the plant + L. cera wax.] (Chem.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cammock \Cam"mock\, n. [AS. cammoc.] (Bot.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock. [1913 Webster] Camomile
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ononis spinosa n 1: Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots [syn: restharrow, rest-harrow, Ononis spinosa]