Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alfalfa"
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)
Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
The lucern ({Medicago sativa}); -- so called in California,
Texas, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alfalfa
n 1: important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate
leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture
and hay crop [syn: {lucerne}, {Medicago sativa}]
2: leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
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