sainfoin
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈseɪnfɔɪn/
Noun

sainfoin

  1. A perennial herb of the genus Onobrychis with pale pink flowers, especially Onobrychis viciifolia (syn. Onobrychis sativa).
    • 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann's Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 143:
      I saw a breath of wind emerge from the furthest horizon, bowing over the heads of corn in distant fields, pouring like a flood over all that vast expanse, and finally come to rest, warm and rustling, among the clover and sainfoin at my feet […]
Translations
  • French: sainfoin
  • German: Esparsette
  • Portuguese: sanfeno
  • Russian: эспарце́т
  • Spanish: pipirigallo, esparceta



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