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Webster 1913 Edition

(-lŏt)

Noun.

[F.

mélilot

, L.

melilotus

, fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], a kind of clover containing honey;

μέλι

honey + [GREEK] lotus.]

(Bot.)

Any species of

Melilotus

, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart’s clover. The blue melilot (

Melilotus caerulea

) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.

Noun.

A plant of the genus Trifolium.

See also: melilot

mélilot m ‎(plural mélilots)