medicago sativa

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medicago sativa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
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  Medic \Med"ic\, n. [L. medica, Gr. ? (sc. ?) a kind of clover
     introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.)
     A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic
     is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is
     Medicago sativa.
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  Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
     The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having
     bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder;
     -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
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medicago sativa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Medicago sativa
      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]