MILK-VETCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does milk-vetch mean? 

• MILK-VETCH (noun)
  The noun MILK-VETCH has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Astragalus

  Familiarity information: MILK-VETCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILK-VETCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

milk-vetch; milk vetch

Hypernyms ("milk-vetch" is a kind of...):

ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "milk-vetch"):

Astragalus glycyphyllos; wild licorice; wild liquorice (European perennial)

alpine milk vetch; Astragalus alpinus (perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America)

Astragalus danicus; purple milk vetch (perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers)

Holonyms ("milk-vetch" is a member of...):

Astragalus; genus Astragalus (large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae)