Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Melilotus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (
Melilotus cærulea ) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.
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- noun A
fragrant plant of the genus Melilotus, often having small yellow or white flowers.
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- noun erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
Etymologies
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Examples
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"There are eight kinds, child of the city," said Rose, "beside melilot, which is a kind of clover-cousin.
Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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Season of the Inundation: Sweet, black silt mingled with holy myrrh, melilot, hyssop, spikenard, balsam, cedar, and a hint of melting snow from the Abyssinian hills.
Thor's Day anverie 2009
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Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub.
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For old ulcers which occur on the fore part of the legs; they become bloody and black: - Having pounded the flower of the melilot and mixed it with honey, use as a plaster.
On Ulcers 2007
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Will not some serious thoughts mingle with thy melilot, and tear off the callus of thy mind, as that may flay the leather from thy back, and as thy epispastics may strip the parchment from thy plotting head?
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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I rubbed it vehemently, but did not scratch it: then it grew into three or four great sores like blisters, and run; at last I advised the doctor to use it like a blister, so I did with melilot [2] plasters, which still run: and am now in pain enough, but am daily mending.
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One favorite treatment for sciatica used by Cherokee herbalist David Winston is a combined extract of sweet melilot (Melilotus alba), dodder (Cuscuta americana), and sweet or black birth (Betula lenta).
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Then the thigh, and the whole of the leg, must be fomented with a decoction made of sage, rosemary, thyme, lavender, flowers of chamomile and melilot, red roses boiled in white wine, with a drying powder made of oak -- ashes and a little vinegar and half a handful of salt. ...
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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Continental physicians still employ the same made of melilot, wax, resin, and olive oil.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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In the process of making this cheese, melilot, a clover-like herb, is added, and this gives the cheese a green color and a peculiar flavor.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
rolig commented on the word melilot
Genus: Melilotus
also called sweet clover
May 18, 2008