Hypertext Webster Gateway: "medic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Medic \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Medic \Med"ic\, a. [L. medicus.]
Medical. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
medic
n 1: any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having
small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves [syn: {medick},
{trefoil}]
2: a medical practitioner in the armed forces [syn: {medical
officer}]
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