milk vetch
milk vetch
Definition
milk vetch
noun
any of a genus (Astragalus) of plants of the pea family, with deeply cut leaves, flowers in spikes or racemes, and, usually, inflated pods
Etymology: from the notion that it increases the secretion of milk in goats
milk vetch
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- alpine: East and south Ben Vrackie has many plants concentrated round one fairly small crag - purple oxytropis, alpine milk vetch and scottish asphodel.
Modifies a noun
- dwarf: Small virus-like particles containing single-stranded DNAs associated with milk vetch dwarf disease in Japan.
Browse dictionary entries near milk vetch
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