alfalfa
alfalfa · alfalfas
люцерна
Luzerne, Alfalfa
A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture cropA plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
/ælˈfælfə/
» Forage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.
Meaning
2 senses(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
(countable)A type or breed of this plant.
Examples
16 sentencesForage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.
Algeria has a lot of alfalfa.
Ziri needs alfalfa for his sheep.
Ziri bought alfalfa for his sheep.
Is alfalfa more expensive than hay?
Translations
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By meaning 1
Medicago sativa:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Medicago sativa:
Forms
plural: alfalfasSynonyms
2 synonymsClose 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 wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable