Meaning

3 senses
  1. Certain herbaceous plants in the family Fabaceae:

    Galega officinalis (French lilac, Italian fitch, Spanish sainfoin).

    Geißraute

    козля́тник лека́рственныйkozljátnik lekárstvennyj, козля́тник апте́чныйkozljátnik aptéčnyj

  2. Tephrosia lindheimeri (Lindheimer's hoarypea), of Texas.

  3. Tephrosia virginiana (catgut, devil's shoestring), native to the United States.

More definitions
  • tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
  • perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Galega officinalis:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Galega officinalis:

Forms

plural: goat's rues
Singulargoat's rue
Pluralgoat's rues

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally:goat rueGalega officinalis
  • perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone:catgutwild sweet peaTephrosia virginiana

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgoatroot

See also

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