Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
1Acorn cup, involcure of beech, and pod of medick.
2If you are planting weeds as a green mulch, legumes such as medick and clover are best.
3They include various clovers, wood sorrel and a herb called black medick, and all have been used as shamrock.
4Sure, I was in the medicks there too.