alfalfa
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5.0
- noun
- /ælˈfæl.fə/
- US
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alfalfa
- Farmers often grow alfalfa to provide nutritious feed for their cattle.
- hay and alfalfa
- alfalfa plant
- alfalfa sprouts
It might, it may, it lists alfalfa, it lists flaxseed.
- It might, it may, it lists alfalfa, it lists flaxseed.
- They might have alfalfa and Timothy grass, alfalfa and and oats.
- This night is Illinois quiet, save for the mill train and alfalfa fields shushing the air.
- Like if you owned farmland and it's producing, let's say alfalfa, that's an asset.
- And then the smell, of course of grass, especially if they've been mowing alfalfa for, for hay.
- And look, for now, it's definitely been found in alfalfa seeds and alfalfa sprouts.
- And when you think of sprouts, I mean, most people just think of alfalfa sprouts.
- Most people eat broccoli, not broccoli sprouts and alfalfa became alfalfa hay.
- Like for example, this is a the Sweet Dreams Overnight mask and it has coconut, alfalfa and Chinese cucumber.
Examples
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Then she heard the wind through the high alfalfa and the gurgling of water in the ditch.
Fiction book (1997) -
Similarly, hay is reduced into alfalfa meal and straw is shredded into animal bedding for farmers.
Academic text (1997) -
Discovered in a field of alfalfa.
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So you could see some alfalfa hay here as well.
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I get to feed alfalfa to the rabbits, right?
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So, 10 bales of Alfalfa?
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When they got together, they talked about cows and sheep, alfalfa and corn and wheat, and the weather.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm running through fields of alfalfa with my collie, Rex.
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It was all apple orchards and alfalfa fields and farm workers.
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Scattered between the wheat fields, the emerald green alfalfa was opening into purple blossom.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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A plant with leaves in groups of three and purple flowers grown as hay for animals
A plant called alfalfa that farmers grow for nutritious animal food and hay
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant with yellow flowers and curved seed pods grown for animal feed
How Useful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alfalfa came from Spanish alfalfa, which in turn came from Arabic al-fisfisa, with al- meaning 'the' and the word meaning 'fodder' or 'animal feed'. So alfalfa is literally named as a plant used to feed animals, which fits its modern use for hay and pasture.