Definitions for melilotus
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1. melilotus, melilot, sweet clovernoun

   erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement

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1. Melilotus

   Melilotus, known as melilot, sweet clover, and kumoniga (from the Cumans), is a genus in the family Fabaceae (the same family that also includes the Trifolium clovers). Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground. Originally from Europe and Asia, it is now found worldwide. This legume is commonly named for its sweet smell, which is due to the presence of coumarin in its tissues. Coumarin, though responsible for the sweet smell of hay and newly mowed grass, has a bitter taste, and, as such, possibly acts as a means for the plant to discourage consumption by animals. Fungi (including Penicillium, Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Mucor) can convert coumarin into dicoumarol, a toxic anticoagulant. Consequently, dicoumarol may be found in decaying sweet-clover, and was the cause of the so-called sweet-clover disease, recognized in cattle in the 1920s. A few varieties of sweet clover have been developed with low coumarin content and are safer for forage and silage.The name sweet clover varies orthographically (sweet-clover, sweetclover).

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1. melilotus

   Melilotus, also known as sweet clover, is a genus of leguminous plants comprising about 20 species, native to Europe and Asia. These herbaceous plants typically possess trifoliate leaves, small white or yellow flowers, and produce a fruit in the form of a small pod. They are often used as fodder for livestock and are important sources of nectar for honeybees. Some species are also used medicinally for their coumarin content.

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1. Melilotus

   Melilotus, known as Melilot or Sweet-clover, is a genus in the family Fabaceae. Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground. Originally from Europe and Asia, it is now found worldwide. This legume is commonly named for its sweet smell, which is due to its high content of the perfume agent coumarin. This chemical is responsible for the sweet smell of hay and is bitter to the taste, probably produced by the plant to discourage ingestion by animals. Coumarin, in turn, is converted by fungi into a poisonous anticoagulant, called dicoumarol, that may be found in moldly or spoiled sweet-clover. This compound was the historical cause of so-called sweet-clover disease, recognized in cattle since the 1920s.

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1. Melilotus

   A plant genus of the family FABACEAE.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of melilotus in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of melilotus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=melilotus
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilotus
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=melilotus
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