milkvetch

See also: milk-vetch and milk vetch

English

Milk-vetch (Astragalus aureus)

Lane Mountain milk-vetch (Astragalus jaegerianus)

Alternative forms

milk vetch, milk-vetch

Etymology

milk +‎ vetch

Noun

milkvetch (plural milkvetches)

Any member of most species of flowering plants of the genus Astragalus.

Usage notes

Members of some North American species are known as locoweeds.

Translations

Astragalus — see also tragacanth

Arabic: قَتَاد‎ m (qatād)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܪܓܠܐ‎ pl (reḡlē)
Armenian: գազ (hy) (gaz), խազիրան (xaziran), գեւեն (gewen)
Azerbaijani: gəvən
Bulgarian: сграбиче n (sgrabiče), орлови нокти (orlovi nokti)
Catalan: astràgal (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黃芪／黄芪 (zh) (huángqí)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kurjenherne (fi)
French: astragale (fr) f
German: Tragant m
Greek:
Ancient: σαρκοκόλλα f (sarkokólla)
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Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maltese: kafe’ messikan
Navajo: taʼagháliitsʼóóz, taʼaghálii
Persian: گون‎ (fa) (gavan), گز‎ (fa) (gaz)
Polish: traganek (pl) m
Romanian: astragal (ro) m, unghia-găii (ro) f, unghia-găinii (ro) f
Russian: астрага́л (ru) m (astragál)
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Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: geven (tr)

References

milkvetch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Astragalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Astragalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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