Associations to the word «Melilotus»

Wiktionary

MELILOTUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae   — the sweet clovers, native to Eurasia.

Dictionary definition

MELILOTUS, noun. Erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats