Med·ic n.  Bot. A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago.  The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is Medicago sativa.


 None·such n. A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal.  It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.

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 Sham·rock n.  Bot. A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
 Note: ☞ The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis Acetocella); but now the name is given to the white clover (Trifolium repens), and the black medic (Medicago lupulina).

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 Medicago lupulina
      n : prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved
          black pods; naturalized in North America [syn: {black
          medick, hop clover, yellow trefoil, nonesuch clover]