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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