| NOUN | plant | alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa | important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop |
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| food | alfalfa | leguminous plant grown for hay or forage |
| Sounds | ae.lfae'lfah | |
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| Rhymes | alpha ... tufa: 9 rhymes with fah... | |
| Meaning | Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop. | |
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| Synonyms | lucerne, Medicago sativa | |
| Parts | alfalfa | leguminous plant grown for hay or forage |
| Broader | medic, medick, trefoil | Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves |
| Spanish | alfalfa, lucerna, medicago sativa | |
| Catalan | alfals, medicago sativa, Medicago sativa, userda | |
| Meaning | leguminous plant grown for hay or forage. | |
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| Part of | alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa | Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop |
| Broader | fodder | coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop |
| Spanish | alfalfa | |
| Catalan | alfals, userda | |
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