紫苜蓿
苜蓿

[ noun ]
important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
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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}.]


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}.


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.