milk-vetchn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlkˌvɛtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlkˌvɛtʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, vetch n.

Etymology: < milk n.¹ + vetch n., probably in allusion to the belief that certain species increased the milk yield of grazing animals.

Any plant of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), characterized by pinnately divided leaves and axillary racemes of often purple or yellow flowers; an astragalus, an oxytropis; esp. (more fully sweet milk-vetch) a Eurasian plant of calcareous grassland and scrub, A. glycyphyllos, which has greenish-white flowers (also called wild liquorice). Often with distinguishing word.purple milk-vetch: see purple adj. 2c.

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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 1058 Of milke Vetch.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 319 Bastard Milk Vetch, Phaca.

1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica II. 780 Astragalus hypoglottis... Purple Mountain Milk-vetch... On Newmarket heath and Gogmagog hills.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Milk-Vetch, Stemless. Common name for the Astragalus escapus.

1917 Wyoming Agric. Exper. Station Bull. No. 112 (title) The poisonous properties of the two-grooved milk vetch (Astragalus bisulcatus).

1953 Bot. Gaz. 114 413/2 The chief forbs that increased with range deterioration to good pasture were Short's milk-vetch (Astragalus shortianus), red false mallow, many-flowered aster, and ironweed.

1979 C. Grey-Wilson Alpine Flowers Brit. & Europe 116 Milk-vetches. Oxytropis is similar and often confused with Astragalus.

1990 Nature Conservancy May 28/2 Nearby desert soils give rise to the gypsum milk-vetch (Astragalus gypsodes).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milk-vetch
释义	milk-vetchn. Brit. /ˈmɪlkˌvɛtʃ/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkˌvɛtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, vetch n. Etymology: < milk n.¹ + vetch n., probably in allusion to the belief that certain species increased the milk yield of grazing animals. Any plant of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), characterized by pinnately divided leaves and axillary racemes of often purple or yellow flowers; an astragalus, an oxytropis; esp. (more fully sweet milk-vetch) a Eurasian plant of calcareous grassland and scrub, A. glycyphyllos, which has greenish-white flowers (also called wild liquorice). Often with distinguishing word.purple milk-vetch: see purple adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > other thorn-trees paliurec1384 paliurusa1398 sea-willow1548 Christ's thorn1553 buckler-thorn1562 garland-thorn1597 goat's thorn1597 Jews thorn1597 milk-vetch1597 sea-buckthorn1731 Spanish hedgehog thorn1760 sensitive briar1802 lily thorn1816 sallow thorn1847 cat-brier1875 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > milk-vetch astragalus1548 sea trefoil1548 sea trifoly1548 milk-vetch1597 liquorice vetch1640 prairie pea1848 sweet milk-vetch1860 buffalo-bean1906 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 1058 Of milke Vetch. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 319 Bastard Milk Vetch, Phaca. 1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica II. 780 Astragalus hypoglottis... Purple Mountain Milk-vetch... On Newmarket heath and Gogmagog hills. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Milk-Vetch, Stemless. Common name for the Astragalus escapus. 1917 Wyoming Agric. Exper. Station Bull. No. 112 (title) The poisonous properties of the two-grooved milk vetch (Astragalus bisulcatus). 1953 Bot. Gaz. 114 413/2 The chief forbs that increased with range deterioration to good pasture were Short's milk-vetch (Astragalus shortianus), red false mallow, many-flowered aster, and ironweed. 1979 C. Grey-Wilson Alpine Flowers Brit. & Europe 116 Milk-vetches. Oxytropis is similar and often confused with Astragalus. 1990 Nature Conservancy May 28/2 Nearby desert soils give rise to the gypsum milk-vetch (Astragalus gypsodes). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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