medick
2 synonyms for medick, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Any of several herbs native to Europe and North Africa, belonging to the genus Medicago, some of which are cultivated as animal feed and the like.
Synonyms
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Etymology
From Middle English medike, from Latin mēdica, from Ancient Greek μηδίκη (mēdíkē), short for Μηδικὴ πόα (Mēdikḕ póa, “Median grass”); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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