a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
Egyptian clover in American English
noun
a clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, of Egypt and Syria, grown for forage in the southwestern U.S.; berseem
Word origin
[1895–1900]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, backstage, backwind, flamenco, hit-and-run