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Definition of Milk-vetch
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus.
Group relationships: Astragalus, Genus Astragalus
Specialized synonyms: Astragalus Glycyphyllos, Wild Licorice, Wild Liquorice, Alpine Milk Vetch, Astragalus Alpinus, Astragalus Danicus, Purple Milk Vetch
Generic synonyms: Ligneous Plant, Woody Plant
Definition of Milk-vetch
1. Noun. any of several species of flowering plants of the genus ''Astragalus'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milk-vetch
Literary usage of Milk-vetch
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)
"Annual marit:me trailing Milk vetch, with broad Leaves, arid the Flowers ... Ind.
Annual trailing Milk- vetch, with purple Flowers growing in Chillers. 8. ..."
2. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"Ascending Milk Vetch. Throughout the state. AC Herb.: Medora 162, Valley City
163, Lisbon, ... Flexile Milk Vetch. AC Herb.: Valley City 170, Buffalo 1127. ..."
3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"THE PROCUMBENT MILK VETCH. ENGRAVINGS.—Bot. Mag. t. 3263 ; and от fig. 5 in Plate
35. \ 11-14 pairs of elliptic, retuse leaflets; peduncles racemose, ..."
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