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Largest genus in the family Leguminosae
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astragalus
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Astragalus is a large genus of about 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs , belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae . It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to temperate regions ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context skeleton English) The anklebone. 2 An herb of genus ''Astragalus''.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Astragalus \As*trag"a*lus\, n. [L. See Astragal .] (Anat.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galege[ae] , containing numerous species, ...
Usage examples of astragalus.
The head of the astragalus is very prominent on the outer side, the scaphoid being depressed downward and inward away from it.
Then we found the two artifacts, the astragalus in his cabin, the ring in mine.
The leaflets are raised in Sphaerophysa salsola, Colutea arborea, and Astragalus uliginosus, but are depressed, according to Linnaeus, in Glycyrrhiza.