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Definition: Astragalus |
AstragalusNoun1. Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae. 2. The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Astragalus \As*trag"a*lus\, noun. [Latin expression See Astragal.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AstragalusSynonyms: anklebone (n), astragal (n), genus Astragalus (n), talus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Astragalus |
| English words defined with "Astragalus": Ankle bone, Astragaloid ♦ Intermedium ♦ milk vetch, milkvetch ♦ Rattleweed ♦ Tibiale. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Astragalus": Foot Bones ♦ Lateral Ligament, Ankle. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Astragalus": Astragal. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Astragalus calycosusMilkvetchBruneau, near Corgan CreekWildflower. Credit: Roger Rosentreter. |
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| "Astragalus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Astragalus" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Astragalus": astragalus alpinus ♦ astragalus caryocarpus ♦ astragalus danicus ♦ astragalus glycyphyllos ♦ astragalus gummifer ♦ astragalus Hornii ♦ Astragalus Tragacanthus ♦ astragalus verus ♦ genus Astragalus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
astragalus | 131 |
astragalus membranaceus | 14 |
astragalus root | 11 |
astragalus herb | 3 |
astragalus benefit | 2 |
astragalus radix | 2 |
amphetamine astragalus | 2 |
astragalus verrucosus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Astragalus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кокалче на глезена, кликавче, астрагал (astragal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αστράγαλοσ (ankle, talus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ugrócsont (talus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | astragalo (astragal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astragalusay astrágalo (astragal, nose-over, nosing, talus). (various references) astragal (neckmould). (various references) таранная кость (talus), астрагал (astragal, loco). (various references) jedna od proksimalnih kostiju. (various references) astrágalo (astragal, beading). (various references) стегнова кістка (thigh), таранна кістка (astragal), астрагал (loco). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "Astragalus" (pronounced 'As*trag"a*lus'): Abaculus, AEolus, Alto-cumulus, Alveolus, Angelus, Annulus, Articulus, Asilus, Bacillus, Baetulus, Bolus, Bucephalus, Callus, Canaliculus, Carolus, Cauliculus, Clitellus, Crotalus, Cucullus, Embolus, Flocculus, funiculus, Gladiolus, Glomerulus, hilus, homunculus, hydrocephalus, Lienculus, Limulus, loculus, Malleolus, modiolus, modulus, Monomphalus, Nautilus, Nucellus, Nucleolus, Obelus, Obolus, Ocellus, Oculus, Overplus, Palulus, Palus, Paxillus, Pediculus, Peplus, Pessulus, Phacellus, Phallus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-g-l-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: astragals, gastrulas. | |
-2 letters: astragal, australs, gastrula, sastruga. | |
-3 letters: argalas, assault, astrals, austral, gastral, sataras, stalags, tarsals. | |
-4 letters: altars, argala, argals, astral, gaults, graals, lauras, lustra, ratals, satara, saults, stalag, sugars, sutras, talars, tarsal, tarsus, tragus, tussal, tussar, ultras. | |
-5 letters: agars, algas, altar, argal, argus, artal, atlas, aural, auras, galas, gasts, gault, gaurs, gauss, glass, gluts. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-g-l-r-s-s-t-u" | |
+4 letters: gastrovascular. | |
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