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Definition: Sainfoin |
SainfoinNoun1. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Sainfoin \Sain"foin\, noun. [French expression, from sain wholesome (L. sanus; see Sane.) foin hay (L. f[ae]num); or perhaps from saint sacred (L. sanctus; see Saint) foin hay.]. (references) |
"Sainfoin" is a common misspelling or typo for: airfoil, shinbone, skinflint. |
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Sainfoin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Onobrychis Species: vicifolia Binomial name Onobrychis vicifolia Sainfoin (Onobrychis vicifolia) is a Eurasian perennial herb that has pale pink flowers, curved pods and is naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils. Sainfoin is the only species in the genus Onobrychis.
This highly nutritious plant is an important forage crop and source of honey in Britain. This is because the plant is rich in tannins which protect proteins from hydrolysis in the rumen allowing the protein to be absorbed in the abomasum. The plant has a deep taproot and so is very drought-resistant, but does not recover well from grazing and has poor persistence.
- Flowers: June-September.
- Distribution: grassland, cultivated land, waste places in throughout europe up to southern Sweden.
- Leaves: pinnate, alternate, 6 to 14 pairs, oblong to linear.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sainfoin."
Synonyms: SainfoinSynonyms: esparcet (n), holy clover (n), sanfoin (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Mon ami Sainfoin (1949) | |
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| "Sainfoin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sainfoin" 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.
| Language | Translations for "sainfoin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | еспарзета. (various references) | |
Chinese | 驴喜豆. (various references) | |
Czech | druh rostliny (calendula, dog's grass, elecampane, endive, epiphyte, fenugreek, foxbane, foxglove, foxtail, furze, gentian, germander, gillyflower, ginseng, gloxinia, heliotrope, hellebore, hyssop, ipecacuanha, larkspur, lobelia, loganberry, loosestrife, salsify, saltwort, sea kale, shadberry, squill). (various references) | |
Danish | esparsette. (various references) | |
Dutch | hanekammetje, esparcette (French honeysuckle, Spanish esparcet, sulla, sulla clover, sulla sweetvetch). (various references) | |
French | sainfoin. (various references) | |
German | Esparsette. (various references) | |
Greek | ονοβρύχις. (various references) | |
Hungarian | baltacím (cockshead). (various references) | |
Italian | lupinella, fieno santo. (various references) | |
Manx | lus ny meeyllyn (lousewort, marsh lousewort). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ainfoinsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sanfeno. (various references) | |
Russian | эспарцет (cockshead). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | slatka detelina. (various references) | |
Spanish | pipirigallo, esparceta. (various references) | |
Swedish | esparsett. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | еспарцет (cockshead). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Onobrychis sativa Lam. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sainfoin": sainfoins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sinfonia. | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-i-n-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: fanions. | |
-2 letters: anions, fanion, fanons, inions, nasion. | |
-3 letters: anion, fanon, fanos, finis, finos, foins, infos, inion, naifs, nonas. | |
-4 letters: ains, anis, anon, fain, fano, fans, fino, fins, foin, fons, info, inia, inns, ions, naif, nans, naoi, naos, nisi, nona, oafs, sain, sofa. | |
-5 letters: ain, ais, ani, fan, fas, fin, fon, ifs, inn, ins, ion, nan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-i-n-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: sainfoins, sinfonias. | |
+2 letters: fashioning, inflations, infrasonic, infusorian. | |
+3 letters: antifashion, fascination, infarctions, infestation, infixations, infractions, infusorians, nonfamilies, saponifying, sinfonietta, transfixion. | |
+4 letters: antifashions, confiscating, confiscation, disinflation, fascinations, fornications, fulminations, infatuations, infestations, inflationism, inflationist, informations, infuriations, insufflation, manifestoing, refashioning, reinflations, sinfoniettas, somnifacient, transfixions, unifications. | |
+5 letters: antifrictions, confirmations, confiscations, densification, disfunctional, disinflations, feminizations, finalizations, fluorinations, functionalism, functionalist, functionaries, infibulations, infiltrations, inflammations, inflationisms, inflationists, infotainments, insufflations, manifestation, nazifications, nidifications, nonclassified, notifications, reinfestation, signification, somnifacients, vinifications. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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