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English noun: Astragalus | |||
| 1. | Astragalus (plant) large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae | ||
| Synonyms | genus Astragalus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rosid dicot genus | ||
| Member holonym | milk vetch, milk-vetch | ||
| Member meronym | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | ||
| 2. | astragalus (body) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | ||
| Synonyms | anklebone, astragal, talus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bone, os | ||
| Part meronym | ankle, ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint | ||
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