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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

medica

, Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]) a kind of clover introduced from

Media

, from [GREEK] Median.]

(Bot.)

A leguminous plant of the genus

Medicago

. The black medic is the

Medicago lupulina

; the purple medic, or lucern, is

Medicago sativa

Adj.

[L.

medicus

Medical.

[R.]

Noun.

A plant of the genus Medicago. The sea-medic is of the same genus; the medic vetch is of the genus Hedysarum.

See also: medic and Medic

mèdic m ‎(feminine mèdica, masculine plural mèdics, feminine plural mèdiques)