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Definition of Rest-harrow

1. Noun. Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots.

2. Noun. European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners.

Medical Definition of Rest-harrow

1. A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rest-harrow

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Literary usage of Rest-harrow

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

1. The Bookman (1911)
"$1.20. NEW ORLEANS, LA. FICTION 1. The Rosary. Barclay. (Putnam.) $1.35. 2. The Mistress of Shenstone. Barclay. (Putnam.) $1.35. 3. Rest Harrow. Hewlett. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... or rest-harrow, two species of which, Ononis antiquorum, and particularly O. leio- sperma, Boiss., are very common in the Holy Land. ..."

3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"Three-tooth-leaved rest-harrow. Nat. of Spain. Cult, before 1752, by Mr. Ph. Miller. ... White-flower'd shrubby rest-harrow. Nat. of the South of France. ..."

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