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Astragalus
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1.
(Anat.)
The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
2.
(Bot.)
A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe
Galegeæ
, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch
and licorice vetch
. Gum tragacanth
is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the Astragalus gummifer
and Astragalus verus
. Definition 2024
Astragalus
Astragalus
See also: astragalus
Translingual
Proper noun
Astragalus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the milk-vetches.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Galegeae - tribe
astragalus
astragalus
See also: Astragalus