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Definition: Galega officinalis
Galega officinalis
n : tall bushy European perennial grown for its masses of
light-textured pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue
flowers; sometimes used medicinally [syn:
goat's rue,
goat rue
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Galega officinalis
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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