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Definitions for: Medic
[n] a medical practitioner in the armed forces
[n] any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
Webster (1913) Definition: Med"ic, n. [L. medica, Gr. ? (sc. ?) a kind of clover
introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic
is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is
M. sativa.
Med"ic, a. [L. medicus.]
Medical. [R.]
Synonyms: medical officer, medick, trefoil
See Also: alfalfa, armed forces, black medick, Calvary clover, flight surgeon, genus Medicago, herb, herbaceous plant, hop clover, lucerne, Medicago, Medicago arborea, Medicago echinus, Medicago falcata, Medicago intertexta, Medicago lupulina, Medicago sativa, medical man, medical practitioner, military, moon trefoil, nonesuch clover, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, surgeon general, yellow trefoil
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