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... > Eukaryota > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabaceae > Melilotus

Preferred term

Melilotus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Clovers, Sweet
  • Clover, Sweet
  • Sweet Clover
  • Sweet Clovers

Note

  • note entry term SWEET CLOVER: CLOVER see MEDICAGO; BUSH CLOVER see LESPEDEZA; and RED CLOVER see TRIFOLIUM are also available

Scope note

  • A plant genus of the family FABACEAE. Molded yellow sweet clover hay, in which the coumarin of sweet clover is converted to DICOUMAROL, is the causative agent of a hemorrhagic disorder in cattle - "hemorrhagic sweet clover disease" and featured in the history of anticoagulant drug development.

History note

  • 2002

In other languages

  • mesikät

    Finnish

  • Melilotus
  • mesikköjen kasvisuku
  • mesikköjen suku
  • Melilotus

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D029903

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