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Alfalfa

//ælˈfælfə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
An unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.
2
An unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States, originally named Boise.
3
Ellipsis of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Noun

1
A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. uncountable
"“No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.”"
2
leguminous plant grown for hay or forage wordnet
3
A type or breed of this plant. countable
4
important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *h₁éḱwos Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas Proto-Iranian *Hácwah Proto-Iranian *Hástiš Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš Old Median *aspāstišder. Arabic فَصْفَص (faṣfaṣ)bor. Old Spanish alfalfez Spanish alfalfabor. English alfalfa From Spanish alfalfa, from Old Spanish alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”).

Etymology 2

From alfalfa, from Spanish, from Arabic.

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