medick

British

/ ˈmɛdɪk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of medick

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

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Toothed medick has never officially been recorded in Wales, and hound's-tongue is on the UK's red list and has only been recorded 18 times in Denbighshire in the last 116 years.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2021

In a report to a council scrutiny committee meeting, officers said there had been common spotted orchids in Stryd y Brython, as well as hound's-tongue and toothed medick at two sites in Prestatyn.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2021

Acorn cup, involcure of beech, and pod of medick.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 by Various

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