"medick" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} medick (not comparable)
  1. Obsolete spelling of medic (“medical”). Tags: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Alternative form of: medic (extra: medical)
    Sense id: en-medick-en-adj-kGXFw2rU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: medic
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: medicks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English medike, from Latin mēdica, from Ancient Greek μηδίκη (mēdíkē), short for Μηδικὴ πόα (Mēdikḕ póa, “Median grass”); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|medike}} Middle English medike, {{der|en|la|mēdica}} Latin mēdica, {{der|en|grc|μηδίκη}} Ancient Greek μηδίκη (mēdíkē) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} medick (usually uncountable, plural medicks)
  1. Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Trifolieae tribe plants Synonyms: burclover Derived forms: black medick (taxonomic: Medicago lupulina), purple medick (taxonomic: Medicago sativa), shield medick (taxonomic: Medicago scutellata), sickle medick (taxonomic: Medicago falcata), tree medick (taxonomic: Medicago arborea), yellow medick (taxonomic: Medicago falcata) Translations (plant of the genus Medicago): люцерна (ljucerna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), melgó [masculine] (Catalan), medikago (Esperanto), mailanen (Finnish), жоңышқа (joñyşqa) (Kazakh), lucerna [feminine] (Polish), люце́рна (ljucérna) [feminine] (Russian), šlinčina [feminine] (Upper Sorbian)
    Sense id: en-medick-en-noun-Uj9qZCEt Disambiguation of Trifolieae tribe plants: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Upper Sorbian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: medic
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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