Noun astragalus has 2 senses
  1. Astragalus, genus Astragalus - large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
    --1 is a kind of rosid dicot genus
    --1 is a member of Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae
    --1 has members: milk vetch, milk-vetch
  2. anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus - the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
    --2 is a kind of bone, os
    --2 is a part of ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis
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