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noun erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
originFrom Latin melilōtos, from Ancient Greek μελίλωτος (melílōtos), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”); later reinforced by Old French mellilote.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0