ALFALFA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alfalfa mean? 

• ALFALFA (noun)
  The noun ALFALFA has 2 senses:

1. important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
2. leguminous plant grown for hay or forage

  Familiarity information: ALFALFA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALFALFA (noun)

Meaning:

Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alfalfa; lucerne; Medicago sativa

Hypernyms ("alfalfa" is a kind of...):

medic; medick; trefoil (any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves)

Meronyms (parts of "alfalfa"):

alfalfa (leguminous plant grown for hay or forage)

Meaning:

Leguminous plant grown for hay or forage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("alfalfa" is a kind of...):

fodder (coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop)

Holonyms ("alfalfa" is a part of...):

alfalfa; lucerne; Medicago sativa (important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop)