| genus melilotus | (n) Old World herbs: the sweet clovers |
| melilotus | (n) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement, Syn. melilot, sweet clover |
| white sweet clover | (n) biennial plant; valuable honey plant, Syn. white melilot, Melilotus alba |
| yellow sweet clover | (n) biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop, Syn. Melilotus officinalis |
| Melilot | n. [ F. mélilot, L. melilotus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a kind of clover containing honey; |
| Melilotic | a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ] |