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milkvetch

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any member of most species of flowering plants of the genus Astragalus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From milk + vetch.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَتَاد (qatād) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Aramaic: ܪܓܠܐ (reḡlē) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Armenian: գազ (gaz) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Armenian: խազիրան (xaziran) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Armenian: գեւեն (gewen) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Azerbaijani: gəvən — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Bulgarian: сграбиче (sgrabiče) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Bulgarian: орлови нокти (orlovi nokti) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Catalan: astràgal — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃芪 /黄芪 (huángqí) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Finnish: kurjenherne — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • French: astragale — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • German: Tragant — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Ancient Greek: σαρκοκόλλα (sarkokólla) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Latin: astragalus — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Malayalam: അസ്ട്രാഗാലസ് (asṭrāgālasŭ) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Maltese: kafe’ messikan — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Navajo: taʼagháliitsʼóóz — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Navajo: taʼaghálii — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Persian: گون (gavan) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Persian: گز (gaz) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Polish: traganek — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Romanian: astragal — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Romanian: unghia-găii — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Romanian: unghia-găinii — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Russian: астрага́л (astragál) — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed
  • Turkish: geven — Astragalus — see also tragacanth, locoweed