Astragalus Synonyms

ə-străgə-ləs
The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. talus
  2. anklebone
  3. astragal
Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. genus Astragalus

Words Related to Astragalus

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. milk-vetch
  2. vitex
  3. withania
  4. officinale
  5. taraxacum
  6. panax
  7. elecampane
  8. cordyceps
  9. somnifera
  10. emblica
  11. Centella

Astragalus Sentence Examples

  • Besides the grasses there are leguminous plants valuable for pasture - Astragalus, Vicia (wild vetch), Lathyrus (wild pea) of which there are many species.

  • Of the 1o00 known species of Astragalus it possesses 800.

  • China has no Cistus or heath, only a single Ferula, while Astragalus is reduced to 35 species.

  • The western dry areas have the old-world leguminous Astragalus and Prosopis (Mesquit), but are especially characterized by the northward extension of the new-world tropical Cactaceae, Mgmmillaria, Cereus and Opuntia, by succulent Amar llideae such as A gave (of which the so-called American aloe is a type), and by arborescent Liliaceae (Yucca).

  • Prickly forms of Statice and Astragalus cover the dry hills.

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