Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lucerne"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant ({Medicago sativa}), having bluish purple
cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
{alfalfa}. [Written also {lucerne}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lucerne \Lu"cerne\, n. (Bot.)
See {Lucern}, the plant.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lucerne
n : important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate
leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture
and hay crop [syn: {alfalfa}, {Medicago sativa}]
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