astragalus

English Thesaurus

1. the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint (noun.body)

hypernym	:	bone, os,
definition	:	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body)

part meronym	:	ankle, ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint,
definition	:	a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus (noun.body)

2. large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	milk vetch, milk-vetch,
definition	:	any of various plants of the genus Astragalus (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae,
definition	:	alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae (noun.plant)

3. the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint (noun.body)

derivation	:	astragalar,
definition	:	of or relating to the anklebone (adj.pert)

derivation	:	astragalar,
definition	:	of or relating to the anklebone (adj.pert)