[mel-uh-lot] 
| a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant. |
| mel·i·lot (měl'ə-lŏt') n. Any of several Old World plants of the genus Melilotus in the pea family, having compound leaves with three leaflets and narrow racemes of small white or yellow flowers. Also called sweet clover. [Middle English melilote, from Old French, from Latin melilōtos, from Greek : meli, honey; see melit- in Indo-European roots + lōtos, lotus; see lotus.] |