Sainfoin Definition

sānfoin, săn-
noun
A Eurasian perennial plant (Onobrychis viciaefolia) of the pea family, cultivated as a forage or cover crop.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Onobrychis viciaefolia
  • Onobrychis viciifolia
  • esparcet
  • holy clover
  • sanfoin
other
French honeysuckle.
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Other Word Forms of Sainfoin

Noun

Singular:
sainfoin
Plural:
sainfoins

Origin of Sainfoin

  • French from Old French from Medieval Latin sānum faenum Latin sānum neuter of sānus healthy Latin faenum hay dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French sainfoin.

    From Wiktionary

Sainfoin Sentence Examples

  • Clover, lucerne and sainfoin make up the bulk of artificial pasturage, while vetches, crimson clover and cabbage are the other chief forage crops.

  • The river valleys abound in natural pasture, and sainfoin, lucerne and other forage crops are largely grown; cattle-raising is an important source of wealth, and the cheeses of Troyes are well known.

  • Under hay are included the produce of clover, sainfoin and rotation grasses, and also that of permanent meadow.

  • The hay made from clover, sainfoin and grasses under rotation generally gives a bigger average yield than that from permanent grass land.

  • Whatever the specific rotation, there may in practice be deviations from the plan of retaining on the farm the whole of the root-crops, the straw of the grain crops and the leguminous fodder crops (clover, vetches, sainfoin, &c.) for the production of meat or milk, and, coincidently, for that of manure to be returned to the land.

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