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Definition of milk vetch

Milk vetch
Milk vetch Milk" vetch` (Bot.) A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats. Note: The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred species in North America, and even more elsewhere.
milk vetch
Astragalus As*trag"a*lus, n. [L. See Astragal.] 1. (Anat.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle. 2. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galege[ae], containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus. 3. (Arch.) See Astragal, 1.

Meaning of milk vetch from wikipedia

- Astragalus glycyphyllos (liquorice milkvetch, wild liquorice, wild licorice) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Europe. It is a perennial...
- species) and goat's-thorn (A. gummifer, A. tragacantha). Some pale-flowered vetches (Vicia spp.) are similar in appearance, but they are more vine-like than...
- subfamily Faboideae also have names containing "vetch", for example the vetchlings (Lathyrus) or the milk-vetches (Astragalus). The lentils are included in...
- Astragalus cicer, the chickpea milkvetch, chick-pea milk-vetch or cicer milkvetch, is a perennial flowering plant native to Eastern Europe, po****rized...
- Astragalus shorti****, the early purple milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the west-central United States;...
- Astragalus alpinus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name alpine milkvetch. It has a cir****polar distribution, occurring...
- Purple milkvetch or purple milk-vetch is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Astragalus agrestis, native to North America Astragalus danicus...
- Fabaceae. It is known under such common names as Chinese milkvetch (or milk-vetch), renge or genge and is in common use in farming as a green manure. It...
- liquorice or wild licorice typically refers to any of three plants: Liquorice milk-vetch, a European species Astragalus glycyphyllos Small spikenard, a North American...
- has two plants (the milk vetch (renge) and the ****anese yew) and two animals (the snow grouse and the ayu) as symbols. The milk vetch was chosen in 1954...