# medick

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.

## Etymology
From Middle English medike, from Latin mēdica, from Ancient Greek μηδίκη (mēdíkē), short for Μηδικὴ πόα (Mēdikḕ póa, “Median grass”); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars.

## Source
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