Medicago

Translingual

Medicago arborea

Etymology

From Latin medica (“a kind of clover introduced from Media; burgundy clover, lucern (Medicago sativa)”), from Ancient Greek Μηδικὴ (πόα) (Mēdikḕ (póa), “Median (grass)”) +‎ -ago

Proper noun

Medicago f

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – legumes known as medick or burclover, including alfalfa.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Trifolieae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Medicago sativa - type species; Medicago arborea, Medicago intertexta - selected other species; see Medicago at The Plant List for more species, subspecies, synonyms.

Further reading

Medicago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Medicago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Medicago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Medicago at USDA Plants database
Medicago on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Medicago at the Catalogue of Life
Medicago at Encyclopedia of Life
Medicago at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Fabaceae at APWeb
Medicago at The Plant List

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