sainfoin

English

sainfoin

Etymology

From French sainfoin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseɪnfɔɪn/

Noun

sainfoin (countable and uncountable, plural sainfoins)

  1. A perennial herb of the genus Onobrychis with pale pink flowers, especially Onobrychis viciifolia (syn. Onobrychis sativa).
    • 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann's Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 143:
      I saw a breath of wind emerge from the furthest horizon, bowing over the heads of corn in distant fields, pouring like a flood over all that vast expanse, and finally come to rest, warm and rustling, among the clover and sainfoin at my feet []

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French

Etymology

From sain + foin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃.fwɛ̃/

Noun

sainfoin m (plural sainfoins)

  1. sainfoin

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