Definition of Rest-harrow

1. Noun. Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots.

Exact synonyms: Ononis Spinosa, Restharrow
Group relationships: Genus Ononis, Ononis
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex

2. Noun. European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners.
Exact synonyms: Ononis Repens, Restharrow
Group relationships: Genus Ononis, Ononis
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex

Medical Definition of Rest-harrow

1. A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rest-harrow

respring
respringing
resprings
resprout
resprouted
resprouting
resprouts
resprung
ressaldar
ressaldars
ressentiment
ressentiments
rest
rest's of Serres
rest-cure
rest-harrow (current term)
rest.
rest area
rest bite
rest day
rest energy
rest his soul
rest home
rest homes
rest house
rest in peace
rest jaw relation

Literary usage of Rest-harrow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1911)
"$1.20. NEW ORLEANS, LA. FICTION 1. The Rosary. Barclay. (Putnam.) $1.35. 2. The Mistress of Shenstone. Barclay. (Putnam.) $1.35. 3. Rest Harrow. Hewlett. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... or rest-harrow, two species of which, Ononis antiquorum, and particularly O. leio- sperma, Boiss., are very common in the Holy Land. ..."

3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"Three-tooth-leaved rest-harrow. Nat. of Spain. Cult, before 1752, by Mr. Ph. Miller. ... White-flower'd shrubby rest-harrow. Nat. of the South of France. ..."

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