melilotus

Proper noun

Melilotus f

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae — the sweet-clovers, native to Eurasia.

Origin

From Latin mĕlĭlōtos (“sweet-clover”), from Ancient Greek μελίλωτος (melilotos)

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In his book on the fertilization of flowers, Hermann Muller distinguishes four types of papilionaceous flowers according to the way in which the pollen is applied to the bee: (I) Those in which the stamens and stigma return within the carina and thus admit of repeated visits, such are the clovers, Melilotus and laburnum.

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