- milk vetch, milk-vetch - any of various plants of the genus Astragalus
--1 is a kind of woody plant, ligneous plant
--1 is a member of Astragalus, genus Astragalus
--1 has particulars:wild licorice, wild liquorice, Astragalus glycyphyllos; alpine milk vetch, Astragalus alpinus; purple milk vetch, Astragalus danicus