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ASTRAGALUS
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Irregular inflected form: astragali
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
Synonyms:
anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("astragalus" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("astragalus" is a part of...):
ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint (a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus)
Derivation:
astragalar (of or relating to the anklebone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
Synonyms:
Astragalus; genus Astragalus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Astragalus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Astragalus"):
milk-vetch; milk vetch (any of various plants of the genus Astragalus)
Holonyms ("Astragalus" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
