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Definition of Melilot
1. Noun. Erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement.
Group relationships: Genus Melilotus
Specialized synonyms: Melilotus Alba, White Melilot, White Sweet Clover, Melilotus Officinalis, Yellow Sweet Clover
Generic synonyms: Ligneous Plant, Woody Plant
Definition of Melilot
1. n. Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus cærulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.
Definition of Melilot
1. Noun. A fragrant plant of the genus ''Melilotus'', often having small yellow or white flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melilot
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Melilot
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Melilot
Literary usage of Melilot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Shrubby melilot, with a white Flower. 3. ME LI LOTUS major odorat a •violácea,
i\tor. ... Trailing melilot of M'ff.na, with rough oblong Leaves, ..."
2. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"The same principle in vernal grass, melilot, and other plants.—Gives fragrance
to hay. AMONG the appliances of common life by which the comfort of man in a ..."
3. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1902)
"Habitat: dry gravelly or sandy heaths. Flowering from July to November. Duration,
perennial. :•:.-. - /;- p. 93. WHITE melilot ..."
4. The Farmer's Calendar: Containing the Business Necessary to be Performed on by Arthur Young (1804)
"... have thus laid down many scores of acres. At these prices I have found them
cheaper than when raised in drills with great attention. SIBERIAN melilot. ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"... or melilot. common in some parts of Europe, has become naturalised in many
places in Britain. ..."
6. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"(503, o) melilot, mèl'lè-lut. s. (166) A" plant ; a salve made from it. Го MELIORATE,
mé'ié-ô-ritc. va (534). To better, to i an prove. ..."
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