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Alfalfa

/ælˈfælfə/

A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

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📖 Definitions of "Alfalfa"

noun

1
A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
2
A type or breed of this plant.

🔄 Synonyms of "Alfalfa"

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Word	Definition
lucernenoun	A canton of Switzerland.
medicago sativanoun	important european leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Alfalfa"

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Word	Definition
lucernenoun	A canton of Switzerland.
medicago sativanoun	important european leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
meadow foxtailnoun	A common perennial grass, of species Alopecurus pratensis, of temperate Eurasia; grown widely for fodder and hence introduced to North America, Australia and New Zealand.
lucernnoun	(obsolete) A lamp.
medicknoun	Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.
greenfeednoun	any crop, such as barley, used directly as fodder for animals
forage radishnoun	(agriculture) Synonym of fodder radish.
aegilopsnoun	(obsolete) Goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
greenfoddernoun	animal fodder made from grass or other green plants
halfanoun	Synonym of esparto (“North African grass”).
pin grassnoun	common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium)
herbagenoun	Herbs collectively.
herbnoun	(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
love grassnoun	Any of several grasses, of the genus Eragrostis, grown as a forage crop or to protect against erosion.
grassnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
halfa grassnoun	A north African and south Asian grass, Desmostachya bipinnata, with tough stems woven into rope, sandals, mats, etc., and sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism and other religions.
burclovernoun	Any of various European and North African herbs of the genus Medicago.
alpistnoun	A seed of any variety of Phleum.
pigweednoun	Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
ryegrassnoun	(uncountable) A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field.