Know Your Next Word : lucerne

11. lucerne : lucern & alfalfa

noun :

1. a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop

2. important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop



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