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Definition: Tephrosia Virginiana

Goat \Goat\ (g[=o]t), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to
D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged,
Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zo["o]l.)
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several
species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({Capra
hircus}), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
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Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat ({Capra [ae]gagrus}),
of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat
(Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the
antelopes. See Mazame.
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Goat antelope (Zo["o]l), one of several species of
antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having
recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short,
flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.

Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig.

Goat house.
(a) A place for keeping goats.
(b) A brothel. [Obs.]

Goat moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp.
the large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the
larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and
requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like
that of the he-goat.

Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
Capraria (Capraria biflora).

Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.

Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.

Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis
of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United
States).

Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.

Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred
to Atraphaxis).
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Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: Tephrosia virginiana

Tephrosia virginiana
n : perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy
leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
[syn: catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea]