goat's-rue

goat's-rue ▶noun a herbaceous plant of the pea family, which was formerly used in medicine, esp. as a vermifuge. [Two species in the family Leguminosae: a bushy Eurasian plant that is cultivated as an ornamental (Galega officinalis ), and a North American plant with pink and yellow flowers and that smells of goats (Tephrosia virginiana ).]