Medick
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc. uncountable, usually
- 2 any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Obsolete spelling of medic (“medical”). alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
"[…] guided not by his own Will, but by the Medick Science, […]"
Example
More examples"[…] guided not by his own Will, but by the Medick Science, […]"
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.
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