astragalus

astragalus is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
2. noun. A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.
3. noun. See Astragal, 1.
4. noun. the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint

   Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, talus

5. noun. large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae

Synonyms

anklebone, astragal, talus

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