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adj
Obsolete spelling of medic (“medical”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
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noun
Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: medic, trefoil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: moon trefoil, Medicago arborea, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata, Calvary clover, Medicago intertexta, Medicago echinus, black medick, hop clover, yellow trefoil, nonesuch clover, Medicago lupulina, alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa
History
From Middle English medike, from Latin mēdica, from Ancient Greek μηδίκη (mēdíkē), short for Μηδικὴ πόα (Mēdikḕ póa, “Median grass”); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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