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Definition of Sickle medick
1. Noun. European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods.
Exact synonyms: Medicago Falcata, Sickle Alfalfa, Sickle Lucerne
Generic synonyms: Medic, Medick, Trefoil
Generic synonyms: Medic, Medick, Trefoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickle Medick
Literary usage of Sickle medick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"Flowers small, yellow, from 30 to 40 and upwards in each spike, which is at first
roundish, afterwards ovate. Legumes kidney- 2. Yellow sickle medick, or ..."
2. An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest Improvements of by William Withering (1830)
"E.) YELLOW sickle medick. BUTTER-JAGGS. Balks of cornfields, and sandy pastures.
Between Watford and Bushy-Hill. Ray. About Norwich, plentifully. ..."