melilot

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mel=i=lot

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun melilot has 1 sense

melilot(n = noun.plant) melilotus, sweet clover - erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement;

is a member of genus melilotus

has particulars: melilotus alba, white melilot, white sweet clover, melilotus officinalis, yellow sweet clover

is a kind of ligneous plant, woody plant

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CIDE DICTIONARY

melilot, n. [F. mélilot, L. melilotus, fr. Gr. , , a kind of clover containing honey; me`li honey + lotus.].

Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus cærulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese. [1913 Webster]