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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of various plants of the genus Astragalus;
[syn: milk vetch, milk-vetch]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) See Astragal, 1. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

milk vetch n 1: any of various plants of the genus Astragalus [syn: milk vetch, milk-vetch]