Alfalfa

n.

1.

(Bot.) The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; - so called in California, Texas, etc.

Noun	1.	alfalfa - important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop Synonyms: lucerne, Medicago sativa
	2.	alfalfa - leguminous plant grown for hay or forage

lucerne, medic, Medicago sativa, medick, trefoil