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n. - Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods.

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Usage examples (35)
  • The scribbled note on the back said it was sainfoin.
  • Champs, near Meaux, in lucerne, sainfoin, and clover, with the object of producing a famine.
  • The sainfoin became an emblem of those traditional flower-rich hay meadows which once covered much of this landscape.
  • There are occasional fields of sainfoin and of turnips; but these latter are small, and no ridging or hurdling is yet practised.
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