(Bot.) A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred species in North America, and even more elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]
[れんげ, renge](n) (1) (See 蓮・1) lotus flower; (2) (abbr) (See 蓮華草) Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); (3) (abbr) (See 散り蓮華・1) china spoon; (4) lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone[Add to Longdo]