sainfoin

American  

[sayn-foin] / ˈseɪn fɔɪn /

noun

1. a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.

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sainfoin British  

/ ˈsænfɔɪn /

noun

1. a Eurasian perennial leguminous plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, widely grown as a forage crop, having pale pink flowers and curved pods

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Etymology

Origin of sainfoin

1620–30; < French, equivalent to Middle French sain (< Latin sānus healthy) + foin (< Latin fēnum, faenum hay)

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Example Sentences

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sainfoin

Fiver and Acorn followed him out and fell to nibbling at a patch of sainfoin.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

But the methods followed in obtaining seed from alfalfa would probably also answer equally well for sainfoin.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw

The natural pastures are supplemented chiefly by crops of sainfoin and clover; horses, cattle, sheep and swine are reared in considerable numbers; turkeys, geese and other poultry are abundant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

There are occasional fields of sainfoin and of turnips; but these latter are small, and no ridging or hurdling is yet practised.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 by Various

Weeds, therefore, and sometimes grasses are much liable to come into the soil occupied by the sainfoin and to crowd the same.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw

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