restharrow

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Any of several Old World plants of the genus Ononis, having woody stems, axillary pink or purplish flowers, and trifoliate leaves with dentate leaflets.

[Obsolete rest, to check (short for Middle English aresten; see arrest) + harrow.]

restharrow [ˈrɛstˌhærəʊ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several Eurasian leguminous plants of the genus Ononis, such as O. repens and O. spinosa, with tough stems and roots

[from rest variant of arrest (to hinder, stop) + harrow¹]

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Noun	1.	restharrow - Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots Ononis spinosa, rest-harrow genus Ononis, Ononis - genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
	2.	restharrow - European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners Ononis repens, rest-harrow genus Ononis, Ononis - genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

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genus Ononis Ononis Ononis repens Ononis spinosa Rest-harrow	Annstead Dunes, Northumberland coast Northumberland Wildlife Trust manages this reserve, which provides a habitat to flora such as lady's bedstraw and restharrow. Eco days out; Go Green - living in the environment in association ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) The purple veined creamy white flowers look like the exotica of a Victorian greenhouse, but are usually overlooked by visitors intent on flying kites and getting sunburnt on the beach a few hundred metres away The duneland mixture of creeping willowherb, rattle and restharrow predominated in the sandy landscape, still damp after the rains of May. John Dempsey by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The dunes are home to plants such as speedwell, forget-me-not, white flowered whitlow grass, bloody cranesbill, rock rose, vetch and restharrow, nesting skylarks, hunting owls and burrowing rabbits. From dirt and noise to haven for wildlife by The Journal (Newcastle, England)	rest-home restage Restagnant Restagnate Restagnation Restant restart restart at . . . restate restatement restaurant restaurant attendant restaurant car restaurant chain restaurant owner restauranter Restaurate restaurateur Restauration rested Restem rester restful restfully restfulness restharrow Restiff Restiffness restiform restiform body Restily Restinction Restiness resting resting cell resting place resting potential resting spore Restinguish restitute restitution restitution factor Restitutor restive restively restiveness restless restless legs restless legs syndrome Restless thrush restlessly	rested upon rested upon rested upon rested upon Restem RESTENA restenosis rester rester rester rester rester Resterant Resterant Resteraunt Resteraunt restful restful restful restful RESTful service RESTful service RESTful service RESTful service restfully restfully restfulness restfulness Restgemeinkosten RESTHA restharrow restharrows Restiaceae restibrachium Restif de la Bretonne, Nicolas Edme Restiff Restiff Restiffness restiform restiform Restiform bodies Restiform bodies restiform body restiform body restiform body Restigouche Restily Restinction Restiness resting resting resting resting resting Resting breathing Resting breathing Resting Calcaneal Stance Position resting case resting case resting case resting case

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genus Ononis
Ononis
Ononis repens
Ononis spinosa
Rest-harrow

Annstead Dunes, Northumberland coast Northumberland Wildlife Trust manages this reserve, which provides a habitat to flora such as lady's bedstraw and restharrow.

Eco days out; Go Green - living in the environment in association ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

The purple veined creamy white flowers look like the exotica of a Victorian greenhouse, but are usually overlooked by visitors intent on flying kites and getting sunburnt on the beach a few hundred metres away The duneland mixture of creeping willowherb, rattle and restharrow predominated in the sandy landscape, still damp after the rains of May.

John Dempsey by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

The dunes are home to plants such as speedwell, forget-me-not, white flowered whitlow grass, bloody cranesbill, rock rose, vetch and restharrow, nesting skylarks, hunting owls and burrowing rabbits.

From dirt and noise to haven for wildlife by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

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