alfalfa : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: alfalfa	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for alfalfa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alfalfa n important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop Synonym(s): alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
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.