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Medicago lupulina : ウィキペディア英語版 | Medicago lupulina
''Medicago lupulina'', commonly known as black medick, nonesuch, or hop clover, is a familiar lawn plant belonging to the legume or clover family. Plants of the genus ''Medicago'', or bur clovers, are closely related to the true clovers (''Trifolium'') and sweet clover (''Melilotus''). Like the true clovers, black medick has three leaflets and a small, yellow flower closely resembling those of white clover. Black medick belongs to the same genus as alfalfa.〔Frank D. Venning, ''Wildflowers of North America'' (Golden Field Guide), St. Martin's Press, 1984.〕 == Names == The generic name, ''medicago'', is derived from the Greek ''medike'' (Latin ''medica''), because alfalfa was believed to have been introduced from Medea in antiquity. The specific name, ''lupulina'', means "wolf-like," and refers to the hop, or willow-wolf (''Humulus lupulus''). Its scientific name is a translation of the common name, "hop clover" (or "hop-clover"), which is also used for several members of the genus ''Trifolium''.〔〔University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, ''Plants of Wisconsin'' database, "Medicago lupulina," , retrieved 14 June 2015. This database is scheduled to go off-line on July 13, 2015, due to its merger with the Wisconsin State Herbarium database; the latter does not explain the specific name.〕 Also spelled ''medic'' or ''meddick'', the plant is known by a number of alternate names, including ''nonesuch, black nonesuch, black medic clover, hop clover, hop medic, black clover, black hay, blackweed, English trefoil, hop trefoil'', and ''yellow trefoil''. Some of these names are also applied to wildflowers of the related genera ''Trifolium'' and ''Melilotus''.〔〔〔http://books.google.com/books?id=nVUJAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA355&ots=ldcA58j8ev&dq=%22Black%20Nonsuch%22&pg=PA355#v=onepage&q=%22Black%20Nonsuch%22&f=false〕〔http://www.arthurleej.com/a-blackmedick.html〕
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