alfalfa
pronunciation
How to pronounce alfalfa in British English:
UK [ælˈfælfə]
How to pronounce alfalfa in American English:
US [ælˈfælfə]
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- Noun:
- important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
- leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
Word Origin
- alfalfa (n.)
- 1845, from Spanish alfalfa, earlier alfalfez, from Arabic al-fisfisa "fresh fodder."
Example
- 1. The air smelled of alfalfa and manure .
- 2. One such case concerns gm alfalfa .
- 3. Mr williams fears that the rule on alfalfa augurs further limits on gm crops .
- 4. Demand from chinese cows has helped u.s. alfalfa prices double in the past year .
- 5. Because water is usually free , thirsty crops like alfalfa are grown in arid california .