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Medicago

noun

a genus of herbs that resemble clover

• Syn: ↑genus Medicago

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus, ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑medic, ↑medick, ↑trefoil

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\\ˌmedəˈkāˌgō\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin medica medic + Latin -ago (as in plantago plantain) — more at medic, plantain

: a genus of Old World herbs (family Leguminosae) that resemble typical clovers and have pinnately trifoliolate leaves and spirally twisted seed pods — see alfalfa

Useful english dictionary. 2012.