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milk vetch
noun
- a European plant, Astragalus glycyphyllos, of the legume family, believed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
- any herb of certain allied genera.
milk vetch
noun
- any of various leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, esp A. glycyphyllos, with clusters of purple, white, or yellowish flowers: formerly reputed to increase milk production in goats
Word History and Origins
Origin of milk vetch1
Example Sentences
That specificity poses a problem: Deerweed and milk vetch are disturbance plants, which means they require some kind of soil disturbance — like fire — to sprout and outgrow the other plants around them.
Efforts to determine the full extent of the damage in milk vetch and frog habitat have been muddled by a confusing overlap of county, state and federal jurisdictions, officials said.
Where Carol imagines a wrought iron accent bench in the backyard, Diane intends a primeval forest of pawpaw and milk vetch.
She recognized a few of them—milk vetch, aralia root, sage.
The caterpillars feed upon the leaves of oak and Astragalus or milk vetch.
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