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medick |
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medick|ˈmiːdɪk| Also 5 medike, 6–7 medicke, 6–9 medic, 8 meddick. [ad. L. mēdica, ad. Gr. Μηδικὴ (πόα), lit. ‘Median grass’.] Any plant of the genus Medicago, esp. M. sativa, Purple medick or lucerne. (Also medick fodder, medick trefoil.) black medick or hop medick = nonesuch.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. v. 1 At Auerel medike is forto sowe. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 52, I haue found no name as yet in England for it [Medica]: but it may be called horned clauer or medic fother. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 147 The flowers of Medicke fodder. 1733Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 2), Medica marina..Sea Medick or Snail-Trefoil. 1764Museum Rust. II. xlvii. 139 The new lucern is a kind of medick trefoil. 1816–20T. Green Univ. Herbal II. 102 Medicago Falcata, Yellow Medick. Ibid., Medicago Lupulina, Hop or Black Medick. 1839Penny Cycl. XV. 58/2 Purple medick. 1912W. Somerville Agric. iii. 69 Species standing wide apart, like beans and medick, have no mutual interest in any particular organism. 1960Oxf. Bk. Wild Flowers 20/2 Spotted Medick or Calvary Clover... The leaflets are much bigger than those of other Medicks. |
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