n. A perennial herb of the genus Onobrychis with pale pink flowers, especially Onobrychis sativa.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for fodder.
n. A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A perennial herb, Onobrychis sativa, native in temperate Europe and part of Asia, and widely cultivated in Europe as a forage-plant.
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n. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
Word Usage
"A field with a standing crop of wheat had a wide wild-flower margin with ox-eye daisies, red clover, sainfoin, poppies and trefoils – to name a few – and I was disappointed not to see a single butterfly, perhaps because it was overcast."