securigera

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noun

Any leguminous flowering plant of the genus Securigera, known vernacularly alongside members of the genus Coronilla (from which this genus was separated) as crownvetches.

OriginLatin secūrigera ← Proto-Italic *gesō ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵésti →
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Meanings

nounsecurigera (plural securigeras or securigerae)

plural securigeras · plural securigerae

  1. biologyAny leguminous flowering plant of the genus Securigera, known vernacularly alongside members of the genus Coronilla (from which this genus was separated) as crownvetches.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  2. Latinsecūris
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ǵésti
  5. Proto-Italic*gesō
  6. Latingerō
  7. Latinsecūriger
  8. Latinsecūrigera
  9. Englishsecurigera

Borrowed from translingual Securigera, itself from Latin secūriger (“axebearing, axewielding”).

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Translations

Arabic سِكُورِجِيرَة
  • سِكُورِجِيرَة (sikūrijīra)Securigera
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APA

securigera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/securigera

MLA

“securigera.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/securigera. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “securigera,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/securigera.

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