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Desmodium Canadense
Sainfoin Sain"foin (?; 277), n. [F., fr. sain wholesome (L. sanus; see Sane.) + foin hay (L. f[ae]num); or perh. fr. saint sacred (L. sanctus; see Saint) + foin hay.] (Bot.) (a) A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for fodder. [Written also saintfoin.] (b) A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense). [Canada]
Desmodium gyrans
Moving Mov"ing, a. 1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power. 2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal. I sang an old moving story. --Coleridge. Moving force (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or deflects the motion of a body. Moving plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans); -- so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion.

Meaning of Desmodium from wikipedia

- Desmodium is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice. There are dozens...
- The Desmodium incanum of many older sources is actually Desmodium laxiflorum; see below. Desmodium incanum, also known as creeping beggarweed, Spanish...
- Desmodium paniculatum, the panicled-leaf ticktrefoil, narrow-leaf tick-trefoil or panicled tickclover, is a perennial herb in the pea family, Fabaceae...
- Desmodium perplexum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to eastern North America. The specific name perplexum...
- Desmodium illinoense, the Illinois ticktrefoil, is a flowering plant in the bean family (Fabaceae), native to the central United States and Ontario, Canada...
- Desmodium varians is a small climbing or prostrate herb in the family Fabaceae. A widespread species but not commonly seen, found in eastern Australia...
- Desmodium tweedyi is an herbaceous flowering plant in the pea family native to northern Texas and southern Oklahoma po****rly known as "Tweedy's ticktrefoil"...
- Fruit and seeds At Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden Grona triflora (Desmodium triflorum) contains alkaloids including N,N-dimethyltryptophan methyl...
- Desmodium tortuosum, the twisted tick trefoil, dixie tick trefoil, tall tick clover, Florida beggarweed, and giant beggar weed, is a species of flowering...
- Desmodium canadense is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to eastern North America. Its common names include showy...