lucerne

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lucerne - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lucerne \Lu"cerne\, n. (Bot.)
     See Lucern, the plant.
     [1913 Webster]

  Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
     A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple
     cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
     alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
     [1913 Webster]

lucerne - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lucerne
      n 1: important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate
           leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture
           and hay crop [syn: alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa]

lucerne - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Lucerne, CA (CDP, FIPS 44406)
    Location: 39.09423 N, 122.80989 W
    Population (1990): 2011 (1270 housing units)
    Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 16.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 95458
  Lucerne, IN
    Zip code(s): 46950
  Lucerne, MO (village, FIPS 44372)
    Location: 40.46372 N, 93.29157 W
    Population (1990): 51 (37 housing units)
    Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 64655