(n) cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn.Senna obtusifolia, Cassia tora
n. [ OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel, G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See Saw a cutting instrument. ] 1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap. [ 1913 Webster ]
When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) having very long curved pods. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) (a) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer. (b) A curlew. (c) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. sicolwyrt. ] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Coronilla (Coronilla scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods. (b) The healall (Brunella vulgaris). [ 1913 Webster ]
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