Sand Lucerne

al·fal·fa (

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A southwest Asian perennial herb (Medicago sativa) having compound leaves with three leaflets and clusters of usually blue-violet flowers. It is widely cultivated as a pasture and hay crop.

[Spanish, from Arabic al-fafaa : al-, the + fafaa, alfalfa (variant of fifia, from Persian aspist, clover).]

alfalfa [ælˈfælfə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a leguminous plant, Medicago sativa, of Europe and Asia, having compound leaves with three leaflets and clusters of small purplish flowers. It is widely cultivated for forage and as a nitrogen fixer and used as a commercial source of chlorophyll Also called lucerne

[from Spanish, from Arabic al-fasfasah, from al the + fasfasah the best sort of fodder]

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Noun	1.	alfalfa - important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop lucerne, Medicago sativa alfalfa - leguminous plant grown for hay or forage medic, medick, trefoil - any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
	2.	alfalfa - leguminous plant grown for hay or forage fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa - important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop

Translations

alfalfa [ælˈfælfə] N → alfalfa f

alfalfa [ælˈfælfə] n (= lucerne) → luzerne f

alfalfa

n → Luzerne f, → Alfalfa f

alfalfa [ælˈfælfə] n → erba medica

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alfalfa sprout
alfalfa weevil
alkali bee
Chorizagrotis
crown wart
genus Chorizagrotis
genus Nomia
Hayfield
Lucern
Lucerne
meadow
medic
Medicago falcata
Medicago sativa
medick
nomia
Nomia melanderi
purple medic
sickle alfalfa

The dunes still support a rich diversity of vegetation including sea bindweed and sand lucerne, as well as the Duke of Argyll's tea plant, a foreign species which arrived in the ships' ballast.

Global recognition for; Environment Editor Tony Henderson on how ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

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