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restharrow - 2 dictionary results

rest⋅har⋅row

[rest-har-oh]
–noun
a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.

Origin:
1540–50; rest 1 + harrow 1
rest·har·row   (rěst'hār'ō)   
n.  Any of several Old World plants of the genus Ononis, having woody stems, axillary pink or purplish flowers, and trifoliate leaves with dentate leaflets.

[Obsolete rest, to check (short for Middle English aresten; see arrest) + harrow1.]
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