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Noun astragalus has 2 senses
- 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
- 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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