milkvetch

milkvetch
milk vetch n.
Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus, having pinnate, compound leaves and clusters of purple, white, or yellowish flowers.
  [From the belief that it increases the milk yield of goats.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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