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saintfoin

American  
[seynt-foin] / ˈseɪnt fɔɪn /

noun

  1. sainfoin.


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The land is in corn, saintfoin, pasture, vines, mulberries, willows, and olives.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

I had the honor of sending you, the last year, some seeds of the sulla of Malta, or Spanish saintfoin.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

The species of saintfoin cultivated here by the name of sparsette, is the hedysarum onobrychis.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

During the early part of summer it frequents corn-fields, saintfoin, and lucern.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

The sparsette is the common or true saintfoin.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson