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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
astragalus /əˈstrag(ə)ləs/

▶noun (pl. astragali /-lʌɪ/)

1 chiefly Zoology another term for talus1.

2 a plant of a genus that includes milk vetch. [Genus Astragalus.]

– origin C16: via L. from Gk astragalos ‘ankle bone, moulding’, also the name of a plant.

'astragalus' also found in these Oxford entries:

astragal - locoweed - milk vetch - tragacanth

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