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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) The lucern ({Medicago sativa}); -- so called in California, Texas, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: alfalfa n 1: important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop [syn: {lucerne}, {Medicago sativa}] 2: leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
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