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Astragalus

noun
(pl. astragali)
1.
Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae.  Synonym: genus Astragalus.
2.
The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint.  Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, talus.



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... distal end. The tibia (ti the radius) is fused for the distal half of its length with the fibula (fb. ulna). A tarsus (tarsalia) equals the carpus.* Two of the proximal tarsalia may be noted: one working like a pulley under the tibia, is the astragalus (as.); one forming the bony support of the heel, is the calcaneum (ca.). There is a series of metatarsals, and then come four digits ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells
... number of genera. The lemon and wild vine are also here met with, but are more common on the northern mountains. The walnut and oak (evergreen, holly-leaved and kermes) descend to the secondary heights, where they become mixed with alder, ash, khinjak, Arbor-vitae, juniper, with species of Astragalus, &c. Here also are Indigoferae rind ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


Words linked to "Astragalus" :   astragal, rosid dicot genus, subfamily Papilionoideae, mortise joint, os, ankle joint, astragalar, articulatio talocruralis, ankle, milk vetch, Papilionoideae, milk-vetch, bone


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