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Meaning of MEDIC

Pronunciation:  'medik

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a medical practitioner in the armed forces
  2. [n]  any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
 

MEDIC is a 5 letter word that starts with M.

 

 Synonyms: medical officer, medick, trefoil
 
 See Also: alfalfa, armed forces, black medick, Calvary clover, flight surgeon, genus Medicago, herb, herbaceous plant, hop clover, lucerne, Medicago, Medicago arborea, Medicago echinus, Medicago falcata, Medicago intertexta, Medicago lupulina, Medicago sativa, medical man, medical practitioner, military, moon trefoil, nonesuch clover, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, surgeon general, yellow trefoil

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Med"ic\, n. [L. medica, Gr. ? (sc. ?) a kind of clover
    introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.)
    A leguminous plant of the genus {Medicago}. The black medic
    is the {Medicago lupulina}; the purple medic, or lucern, is
    {M. sativa}.
    
    
  2. \Med"ic\, a. [L. medicus.]
    Medical. [R.]
    
    
 

 

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