| 单词 | medick trefoil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmedick trefoil Any of various Eurasian and North African plants, chiefly yellow-flowered, constituting the genus Medicago (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), which resemble clovers but have spirally coiled, sometimes spiny, seed pods; spec. one of those grown for fodder or green manure. Frequently with distinguishing word. Formerly more fully medick clover, medick trefoil.black, purple, tree medick, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > medicks medick?1440 snail clover1548 heart trefoil1597 snails1629 melilot trefoil1677 Barbary buttons1712 black-seed1763 snail-plant1767 black medick1778 heart liver1792 snail-shell medick1796 spotted medick1825 hop1866 Calvary clover1882 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > alfalfa or lucerne medick?1440 medicac1487 snail-trefoil1548 snail clover1597 Burgundy hay1600 lucerne1652 nonsuch1662 alfalfa1764 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) v. 1 (MED) At Auerel medike is forto sowe. 1690 J. Ray Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. 136 Medica sylvestris... Yellow Medick with flat wreathed Cods. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Bot. II Medica, in English, is Medick Claver; it is a Plant which gives us great Varieties, sporting extremely in the Figures of its Seed-Vessels. 1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 2) Medica marina..Sea Medick or Snail-Trefoil. 1764 Museum Rusticum 2 xlvii. 139 The new lucern is a kind of medick trefoil. 1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal II. 102 Medicago Falcata, Yellow Medick. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 547 Clover, Medick, Lucerne, Trefoil, &c., are well-known fodder-plants. 1912 W. Somerville Agric. iii. 69 Species standing wide apart, like beans and medick, have no mutual interest in any particular organism. 1960 S. Ary & M. Gregory Oxf. Bk. Wild Flowers 20/2 Spotted Medick or Calvary Clover... The leaflets are much bigger than those of other Medicks. 1983 B.S.B.I. News Dec. 16 There [i.e. on the bank of the River Tweed] one often sees the Medicks with their spiny fruits. < as lemmas |
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