1. Noun
A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa.
2. Adjective
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3. Noun
any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
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