sickle medick
- noun
- /ˈsɪkəl ˈmɛdɪk/
- Specialized
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medicago de hoz
- The sickle-shaped pods make sickle medick easy to identify among other wild plants.
Examples
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The field was dotted with sickle medick blooming brightly in the summer sun.
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Farmers often use sickle medick as a cover crop to improve soil quality.
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The sickle medick is often found in grassy areas.
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Have you seen a sickle medick flower?
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Farmers often use sickle medick as a cover crop to improve soil quality.
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The field was dotted with sickle medick blooming brightly in the summer sun.
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The sickle-shaped pods make sickle medick easy to identify among other wild plants.
Synonyms
A plant with yellow flowers and curved seed pods grown for animal feed
A European plant with bright yellow flowers and curved seed pods
A plant like a clover with bright yellow flowers and curved seed pods
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'sickle' (curved blade) and 'medick' (a type of plant) can infer 'sickle medick' as a medick characterized by a sickle-like (curved) feature, matching the botanical description of curved seed pods. This noun+noun modifier pattern is transparent and follows a common descriptive word-formation pattern, so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Sickle medick comes from the plant's curved seed pods that look like a small sickle. The word medick is an old name for clover-like plants, so the name points to a clover with 'sickle'-shaped pods and helps people identify it today.
