Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun astragalus

2 senses of astragalus

Sense 1
Astragalus, genus Astragalus -- (large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae)
       => rosid dicot genus -- (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Sense 2
anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus -- (the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint)
       => bone, os -- (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)