Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

    Luzerne, Alfalfa

    люце́рнаljucérna

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

  2. (countable)A type or breed of this plant.

Examples

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  1. Forage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.

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  2. Algeria has a lot of alfalfa.

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  3. Ziri needs alfalfa for his sheep.

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  4. Ziri bought alfalfa for his sheep.

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  5. Is alfalfa more expensive than hay?

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Translations

8 languages
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By meaning 1
Medicago sativa:
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By meaning 1
Medicago sativa:

Forms

plural: alfalfas
Singularalfalfa
Pluralalfalfas

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop:lucerneMedicago sativa

Word family

4 related words

See also

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