Meanings
plural sainfoins
- countableuncountableA perennial herb of the genus Onobrychis with pale pink flowers, especially Onobrychis viciifolia (syn. Onobrychis sativa).
I saw a breath of wind emerge from the furthest horizon, bowing over the heads of corn in distant fields, pouring like a flood over all that vast expanse, and finally come to rest, warm and rustling, among the clover and sainfoin at my feet […]
1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann's Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 143
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Bulgarian еспарзета
- еспарзета (esparzeta)perennial herbs
Catalan trepadella
- trepadellaperennial herbs
Esperanto onobriko
- onobrikoperennial herbs
Finnish esparsetti
- esparsettiperennial herbs
French sainfoin
- sainfoinperennial herbs
German Esparsette
- Esparsetteperennial herbs
Hungarian baltacim
- baltacimperennial herbs
Persian اسپرس
- اسپرس (espers)perennial herbs
Polish sparceta
- sparcetaperennial herbs
Portuguese sanfeno
- sanfenoperennial herbs
Romanian sparcetă
- sparcetăperennial herbs
Russian эспарце́т
- эспарце́т (esparcét)perennial herbs
Spanish pipirigallo, esparceta
- pipirigalloperennial herbs
- esparcetaperennial herbs
Turkish korunga, eşek otu
- korungaperennial herbs
- eşek otuperennial herbs
- evliya otuperennial herbs
Welsh y godog
- y godogperennial herbs
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Cite this entry
sainfoin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sainfoin
“sainfoin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sainfoin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sainfoin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sainfoin.
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