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Webster 1913 Edition
Melilot
Mel′i-lot
(-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. Webster 1828 Edition
Melilot
MEL'ILOT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
melilot
melilot
See also: mélilot
English
Noun
melilot (plural melilots)
- A fragrant plant of the genus Melilotus, often having small yellow or white flowers.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 187:
- Melilot boiled in wine and applied mollifies all hard tumours and inflammations that happen in the eyes or other parts of the body, as the fundament or privy parts of man or woman.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 187:
Synonyms
- sweet clover (US)
Translations
plant of the genus Melilotus — see sweet clover