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horseshoe vetch

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Noun1.horseshoe vetch - European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints
Hippocrepis comosa
subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base


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The horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepiscomosa), a European relative of beans, is the first plant discovered to break down nitrogen-containing compounds in its tissues into a readily usable nitrate form, report Charles Hipkin of the University of Wales in Swansea and his colleagues.
Rewriting the nitrogen story: plant cycles nutrient forward and ... by Milius, S. / Science News
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