noun
genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods
• Syn: ↑genus Onobrychis
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑sainfoin, ↑sanfoin, ↑holy clover, ↑esparcet, ↑Onobrychis viciifolia, ↑Onobrychis viciaefolia
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\\ˌänəˈbrīkə̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek onobrychis, a leguminous plant, from onos ass + -brychis (from brykein, brychein to eat greedily, gnash the teeth) — more at ass, bruxism
: a genus of Old World herbs of the family Leguminosae having pinnate leaves, pink or white racemose flowers, and flat unjointed pods
Useful english dictionary. 2012.