medick

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noun

Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.

Similar
burclovermedictrefoil
OriginMiddle English medike ← Latin mēdica ← Ancient Greek μηδίκη →
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Meanings

medick1

nounmedick (usually uncountable, plural medicks)

plural medicks · alternative medic

  1. uncountableusuallyAny of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.

    Synonyms: burclover

medick2

adjectivemedick (not comparable)

alternative medic

  1. not comparableobsoleteObsolete spelling of medic (“medical”).

    […] guided not by his own Will, but by the Medick Science, […]

    1743, Martin Marley, The Good Confessor, page 307

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.

Similar
burclover

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

Similar
medictrefoil
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
medictrefoil

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμηδίκη
  2. Latinmēdica
  3. Middle Englishmedike
  4. Englishmedick

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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Translations

Bulgarian люцерна
  • люцерна (ljucerna)plant of the genus Medicago
Catalan melgó
  • melgóplant of the genus Medicago
Esperanto medikago
  • medikagoplant of the genus Medicago
Finnish mailanen
  • mailanenplant of the genus Medicago
Polish lucerna
  • lucernaplant of the genus Medicago
Russian люце́рна
  • люце́рна (ljucérna)plant of the genus Medicago

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Demick
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APA

medick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medick

MLA

“medick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medick. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medick.

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