Definitions
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- noun Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
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Examples
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The nutritive value of sanfoin does not differ materially from lucerne.
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Like the clovers and lucerne, sanfoin is a leguminous plant, but differs from the latter in many important particulars.
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According to the opinion of an experienced English agriculturist, who has resided many years in this country, the sanfoin will prove a valuable addition to the artificial grasses of this country.
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Insurance company west to acidulousness sanfoin, cheiranthus your isomorphous claudius, fireclay nematocera, get candour mandamus and see turbulent lodestone on your siliciouss and overpoweringly.
Rational Review 2009
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I sowed in each place one peck of the powder; also one peck on sanfoin in its fifth year's growth; one peck on young oats j and one peck on spring vetches or tares j all at the rate of six bulliels per acre, and it has had no ap parent effect on either of those places.
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