sickle medick

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sickle medick

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(Plants) a small Eurasian leguminous plant, Medicago falcata, having trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers, and sickle-shaped pods. Also called: yellow medick
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Noun1.sickle medick - European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped podssickle medick - European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods
Medicago falcata, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne
medic, medick, trefoil - any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
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