medick

med ick |ˈmedik ˈmɛdɪk | ▶noun a plant of the pea family related to alfalfa, some kinds of which are grown for fodder or green manure and some kinds of which are troublesome weeds. [Genus Medicago, family Leguminosae: several species, including the prostrate black medick (M. lupulina ).] ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin medica, from Greek Mēdikē (poa )‘Median (grass ).’

medick

medick |ˈmiːdɪk | ▶noun a yellow-flowered Eurasian and African plant of the pea family related to alfalfa, some kinds of which are grown for fodder or green manure. ●Genus Medicago, family Leguminosae. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin medica, from Greek Mēdikē (poa ) ‘Median (grass )’.