medicago sativa

Noun
Synonyms: alfalfalucerneMedicago sativa

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay cropSynonyms: alfalfalucerneMedicago sativa
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
Medic \Med"ic\, n. [L. medica, Gr. ? (sc. ?) a kind of clover introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is Medicago sativa. [1913 Webster]
Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; -- so called in California, Texas, etc. [1913 Webster]
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