sainfoin
English
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sainfoin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɪnfɔɪn/
Noun
sainfoin (countable and uncountable, plural sainfoins)
- 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 […]
- 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann's Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 143:
Derived terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ̃.fwɛ̃/
Synonyms
Further reading
- “sainfoin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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