melilot

mel·i·lot  (ml-lt)

n.

Any of several Old World plants of the genus Melilotus in the pea family, having compound leaves with three leaflets and narrow racemes of small white or yellow flowers. Also called sweet clover.

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[Middle English melilote, from Old French, from Latin meliltos, from Greek : meli, honey; see melit- in Indo-European roots + ltos, lotus; see lotus.]

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melilot [ˈmɛlɪˌlɒt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any leguminous plant of the Old World genus Melilotus, having narrow clusters of small white or yellow fragrant flowers Also called sweet clover

[via Old French from Latin melilōtos, from Greek: sweet clover, from meli honey + lōtos lotus]

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Noun

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melilot - erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement melilotus, sweet clover genus Melilotus - Old World herbs: the sweet clovers Melilotus alba, white melilot, white sweet clover - biennial plant; valuable honey plant Melilotus officinalis, yellow sweet clover - biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems