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Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
The lucern ({Medicago sativa}); -- so called in California,
Texas, etc.
alfalfa
n 1: important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate
leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture
and hay crop [syn: {lucerne}, {Medicago sativa}]
2: leguminous plant grown for hay or forage