Definition of Horseshoe vetch

1. Noun. European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints.

Exact synonyms: Hippocrepis Comosa
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Horseshoe Vetch

horses' mouths
horses for courses
horseshod
horseshoe
horseshoe arch
horseshoe bat
horseshoe crab
horseshoe crabs
horseshoe fistula
horseshoe kidney
horseshoe map
horseshoe maps
horseshoe placenta
horseshoe sandwich
horseshoe vetch (current term)
horseshoe whipsnake
horseshoed
horseshoeing
horseshoer
horseshoers
horseshoes
horseshow
horseskin
horseskins
horsetail
horsetail family
horsetail lichen
horsetail milkweed
horsetails

Literary usage of Horseshoe vetch

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... a known as horseshoe vetch from the fact of its pod breaking i.-to several horseshoe^shaped joints. ..."

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