Definition of Melilotus alba

1. Noun. Biennial plant; valuable honey plant.

Exact synonyms: White Melilot, White Sweet Clover
Generic synonyms: Melilot, Melilotus, Sweet Clover

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melilotus Alba

Melekeok
Meleney's gangrene
Meleney's ulcer
Meles
Meles meles
Melia
Melia Azadirachta
Melia azedarach
Melia azederach
Meliaceae
Melicocca
Melicocca bijuga
Melicocca bijugatus
Melicoccus
Melicytus
Melilotus alba (current term)
Melilotus officinalis
Melina Mercouri
Melinae
Melinda
Meliphagidae
Melisha
Melissa officinalis
Melitene
Melkite
Melkonian
Melkonyan
Mellaril
Mellissa

Literary usage of Melilotus alba

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Soil Alkali: Its Origin, Nature, and Treatment by Franklin Stewart Harris (1920)
"... feeding habits in many cases, the feeding roots not being in the alkali zone but being in the purer solutions below. Sweet clover (Melilotus alba and M. ..."

2. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania by University of Pennsylvania, Botanical Laboratory (1897)
"... of the Leaves of Melilotus alba, L. and other Plants. BY WP WILSON, D.Sc., ASSISTED BY JESSE M. GREENMAN. ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Melilotus alba Desv. White Melilot. White Sweet-clover. Honey. Fig. 2472. Melilotus alba Desv. in Lam. Encycl. 4: 63. 1797. M. vulgaris Willd. Enum. Hort. ..."

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