Noun: alfalfa al'fal-fu
- Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
"Lucerne is also known as alfalfa in many parts of the world";
- lucerne [Brit], Medicago sativa
- Leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
"The horses grazed on fresh alfalfa in the pasture"
Derived forms: alfalfas
Type of: fodder, medic, medick, trefoil
Encyclopedia: Alfalfa, Or