LUCERNE
Dictionary entry overview: What does lucerne mean? • LUCERNE (noun)
The noun LUCERNE has 1 sense:
1. important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
Familiarity information: LUCERNE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LUCERNE (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 ("lucerne" 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 "lucerne"):
alfalfa (leguminous plant grown for hay or forage)
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