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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L. See

(Anat.)

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

(Bot.)

A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe

Galegeæ

, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English,

milk vetch

and

licorice vetch

Gum tragacanth

is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the

Astragalus gummifer

and

Astragalus verus

(Arch.)

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