| 单词 | alfalfa |
| 释义 | alfalfa (once / 4578 pages) n Alfalfa is a plant that's often grown to feed livestock. Hay is commonly made from the dried alfalfa plant. Alfalfa is a flowering perennial, a plant that returns every year, although it's best known as food for dairy cattle and other livestock animals. When the plant is harvested and dried, it's often made into hay, and it's a popular feed because it's high in protein. If you're not a farmer, you may be most familiar with the sprouted form of alfalfa, which many people eat on salads. The word comes from an Arabic root, al-fisfisa, "fresh fodder." WORD FAMILYalfalfa: alfalfas USAGE EXAMPLESNiehues, 70, grew up in Loma, in Mesa County, on a farm where his father grew alfalfa, corn and potatoes, and raised cattle and hogs. Washington Post(Nov 10, 2016) They are also supplementing their diet with alfalfa pellets. Washington Times(Nov 11, 2016) Babi said they were green winter wheat and alfalfa, potatoes too. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) 1n important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop Syn|Hyper Medicago sativa, lucerne medic, medick, trefoil any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves 2n leguminous plant grown for hay or forage Hyper fodder coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop |
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