milk vetch
noun
: any of a genus (Astragalus) of annual or perennial leguminous herbs of north temperate regions
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Additionally, the driver harmed Shining milk vetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
In China, there is rich and tonic qing dun quan ji, in which a chicken is blanched then long-simmered in water with a big piece of smashed ginger, scallions and Shaoxing wine; some cooks add tonic herbs or roots like Chinese angelica, ginseng or milk vetch, or goji berries toward the end.
—Dallas News, 20 Nov. 2020
The Borrego milk vetch is actually a rare and endangered native plant that needs to plumb deep into the sand to find water.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
In the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness, herbs like the Borrego milk vetch somehow thrive among the sandy hills.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Overall, fewer than 3,000 individual Braunton’s milk vetch plants persist in a region spanning about 80 miles from east to west and 25 miles from north to south.
—Louis Sahagunstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
In China, there is rich and tonic qing dun quan ji, in which a chicken is blanched then long-simmered in water with a big piece of smashed ginger, scallions and Shaoxing wine; some cooks add tonic herbs or roots like Chinese angelica, ginseng or milk vetch, or goji berries toward the end.
—Dallas News, 20 Nov. 2020
The Borrego milk vetch is actually a rare and endangered native plant that needs to plumb deep into the sand to find water.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
In the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness, herbs like the Borrego milk vetch somehow thrive among the sandy hills.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Overall, fewer than 3,000 individual Braunton’s milk vetch plants persist in a region spanning about 80 miles from east to west and 25 miles from north to south.
—Louis Sahagunstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
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