medick

Meanings

Plural: medicks

Noun

any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.

Adj

Obsolete spelling of medic (“medical”).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English medike, from Latin mēdica, from Ancient Greek μηδίκη (mēdíkē), short for Μηδικὴ πόα (Mēdikḕ póa, “Median grass”); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars.

Synonyms

burclover, medic, trefoil

Scrabble Score: 15

medick is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
medick is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
medick is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

medick is a valid Words With Friends word