'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]