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Definition of Milk-vetch

1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Milk-vetch

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Literary usage of Milk-vetch

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1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Annual marit:me trailing Milk vetch, with broad Leaves, arid the Flowers ... Ind. Annual trailing Milk- vetch, with purple Flowers growing in Chillers. 8. ..."

2. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"Ascending Milk Vetch. Throughout the state. AC Herb.: Medora 162, Valley City 163, Lisbon, ... Flexile Milk Vetch. AC Herb.: Valley City 170, Buffalo 1127. ..."

3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"THE PROCUMBENT MILK VETCH. ENGRAVINGS.—Bot. Mag. t. 3263 ; and от fig. 5 in Plate 35. \ 11-14 pairs of elliptic, retuse leaflets; peduncles racemose, ..."

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