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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024al•fal•fa /ælˈfælfə/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Plant Biologya plant of the legume family used esp. to feed animals.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•fal•fa (al fal′fə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop. Also called lucerne, purple medic.
- Persian ispist lucerne
- Spanish Arabic al the + faṣfaṣah
- Spanish, variant of alfalfez
- 1835–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: alfalfa /ælˈfælfə/ n - a leguminous plant, Medicago sativa, of Europe and Asia, having compound leaves with three leaflets and clusters of small purplish flowers. It is widely cultivated for forage and as a nitrogen fixer and used as a commercial source of chlorophyll
Also called: lucerne
Etymology: 19th Century: from Spanish, from Arabic al-fasfasah, from al the + fasfasah the best sort of fodder |