'Milk vetch' definitions:

Definition of 'milk vetch'

(from WordNet)
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus [syn: milk vetch, milk-vetch]

Definition of 'Milk vetch'

From: GCIDE
  • Milk vetch \Milk" vetch`\ (Bot.) A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred species in North America, and even more elsewhere. [1913 Webster]

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