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alfalfa

DEFINITIONS OF: alfalfa

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n important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop

Synonyms:
Medicago sativa, lucerne
Type of:
medic, medick, trefoil
any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

n leguminous plant grown for hay or forage

Type of:
fodder
coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
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