ASTRAGALUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: astragali

Meaning:

The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint

Synonyms:

anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("astragalus" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("astragalus" is a part of...):

ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint (a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus)

Derivation:

astragalar (of or relating to the anklebone)

Meaning:

Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae

Synonyms:

Astragalus; genus Astragalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Astragalus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Astragalus"):

milk-vetch; milk vetch (any of various plants of the genus Astragalus)

Holonyms ("Astragalus" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)