onobrychis viciaefolia

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   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

   Synonymssainfoinsanfoinholy cloveresparcetOnobrychis viciifolia

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   Part ofOnobrychis

Questions about onobrychis viciaefolia

What does onobrychis viciaefolia mean?

onobrychis viciaefolia means "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".

What is another word for onobrychis viciaefolia?

Close synonyms include sainfoin, sanfoin, holy clover, esparcet, Onobrychis viciifolia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is onobrychis viciaefolia a common word?

onobrychis viciaefolia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.