English Explanatory Dictionary

medick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.
adj
  1. Obsolete spelling of medic (“medical”).

Word forms

medick medicks medic

Etymology

From Middle English medike, from Latin mēdica, from Ancient Greek μηδίκη (mēdíkē), short for Μηδικὴ πόα (Mēdikḕ póa, “Median grass”); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars.

Synonyms

burclover

Derived words

black medick purple medick shield medick sickle medick tree medick yellow medick
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