medick

[med-ik]

noun

medic².

medic

or med·ick

[med-ik]

noun

any plant belonging to the genus Medicago, of the legume family, having trifoliate leaves and grown as a forage crop.

Compare alfalfa, bur clover.

Origin of medic

1400–50; late Middle English medike < Latin mēdica < Greek (póa) Mēdikḗ literally, Median (grass)

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Examples from the Web for medick

Historical Examples of medick

You're going to do a lot more than ostensibly work at it, Medick.
Human Error
Raymond F. Jones
From this latter the medick is easily distinguished by its heads of naked, blackened, incurved seed-vessels.
Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation
James Buckman
Lucerne, lū′sėrn, n. a species of Medick, a valuable forage-plant.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
Dr. Medick here, who has made an important discovery that will enable all of you to return to your homes, will read it to you.
Human Error
Raymond F. Jones

British Dictionary definitions for medick

medick

US medic

noun

any small leguminous plant of the genus Medicago, such as black medick or sickle medick, having yellow or purple flowers and trifoliate leaves

Word Origin for medick

C15: from Latin mēdica, from Greek mēdikē (poa) Median (grass), a type of clover

medic

noun

informal a doctor, medical orderly, or medical student

Word Origin for medic

C17: from medical

medic

noun

the usual US spelling of medick

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Word Origin and History for medick

medic

1650s, "physician, medical student," from Latin medicus "physician" (see medical (adj.)); modern sense of "serviceman in a military medical corps" first recorded 1925.

medick in Medicine

medic

[mĕd′ĭk]

A member of a military medical corps.
A physician or medical student.