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medick

English

Alternative forms

  • medic

Etymology 1

From Middle English medike, from Latin m?dica, from Ancient Greek ?????? (m?dík?), short for ?????? ??? (M?dik? póa, Median grass); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars.

Noun

medick (usually uncountable, plural medicks)

  1. Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.
Synonyms
  • burclover
Derived terms
  • black medick (Medicago lupulina)
  • purple medick (Medicago sativa)
  • shield medick (Medicago scutellata)
  • sickle medick (Medicago falcata)
  • tree medick (Medicago arborea)
  • yellow medick (Medicago falcata)
Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

medick (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of medic (medical)

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