Milk Vetch (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The rare and endangered Sego milk-vetch only grows in select regions of the southwestern United States.
- Astragalus lentiginosus, also known as spotted milk-vetch, is a perennial legume native to American drylands.
- Researchers studied the medicinal properties of the Mongolia milk-vetch plant in hopes of developing a new antibiotic.
- The mountainous terrain was dotted with patches of the beautiful Purple milk-vetch, its lavender flowers swaying gently in the breeze.
- The milk-vetch plant was a crucial food source for the native grasshopper population, and its disappearance would have devastating ecological consequences.