lucerne

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay cropSynonyms: alfalfa Medicago sativa

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lucerne \Lu"cerne\, n. (Bot.) See Lucern, the plant. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]