sainfoin

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English

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sainfoin

Etymology

From French sainfoin, from sain (healthy, healthful) + foin (hay).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsænfɔɪn/, /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

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Etymology

From sain + foin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃.fwɛ̃/
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Noun

sainfoin m (plural sainfoins)

  1. sainfoin
    Synonym: fenasse

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