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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus of the pea family, having pinnate, compound leaves and clusters of purple, white, or yellowish flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Astragalus⟩: so called from a belief that these plants increased the secretion of milk in goats feeding upon them.
- noun A plant of any one of the three genera Phaca, Orophaca, and Homalobus, closely related to Astragalus and formerly included in that genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) A leguminous herb (
Astragalus glycyphyllos ) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Astragalus
- noun any of various plants of the genus Astragalus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the belief that it increases the milk yield of goats.]
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