astragalus glycyphyllos

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astragalus glycyphyllos - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Milk vetch \Milk" vetch`\ (Bot.)
     A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and
     Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
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     Note: The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus
           Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred
           species in North America, and even more elsewhere.
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astragalus glycyphyllos - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Astragalus glycyphyllos
      n 1: European perennial [syn: wild licorice, wild liquorice,
           Astragalus glycyphyllos]