Medicago

Translingual

Medicago arborea

Etymology

From Latin medica (“a kind of clover introduced from Media; burgundy clover, lucern (Medicago sativa)”), from Ancient Greek Μηδικὴ (πόα) (Mēdikḕ (póa), “Median (grass)”) +‎ -ago.

Proper noun

Medicago f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – legumes known as medick or burclover, including alfalfa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Faboideae - subfamily; Trifolieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Medicago sativa - type species; Medicago arborea, Medicago intertexta - selected other species; see Medicago at The Plant List for more species, subspecies, synonyms.

References

• Medicago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Medicago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Medicago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Medicago at USDA Plants database
• Medicago at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Medicago at the Catalogue of Life 
• Medicago at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Trifolieae at APWeb
• Medicago at The Plant List