Meaning of ASTRAGALUS
| Pronunciation: | | a'stragulus
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- [n] the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- [n] large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
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| | Synonyms: | | anklebone, astragal, genus Astragalus, talus |
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| | See Also: | | ankle, ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, bone, milk vetch, milkvetch, mortise joint, os, Papilionoideae, rosid dicot genus, subfamily Papilionoideae | |
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| | Definition: | | \As*trag"a*lus\, n. [L. See {Astragal}.]
1. (Anat.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the
tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
2. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe
{Galege[ae]}, containing numerous species, two of which
are called, in English, {milk vetch} and {licorice vetch}.
{Gum tragacanth} is obtained from different oriental
species, particularly the {A. gummifer} and {A. verus}.
3. (Arch.) See {Astragal}, 1.
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