alfalfa

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(thing) by memra (7.1 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 8:56:44

A plant from North Africa that was named by the Arabs during their conquest of the region. They brought it to Spain where cowboys were invented who promptly brought the alfalfa, cows, horses and lariats to America. Now the durn stuff grows everywhere there is livestock staining fields a purply green color in the summertime. Some alfalfa plants just can't get with the program and sport yellow flowers instead!

(thing) by CentrX (7.8 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Jun 20 2000 at 6:27:53

A deep-rooted perennial plant (Medicago sativa) of the pea family, with small divide leaves, purple cloverlike flowers, and spiral pods, used extensively for fodder and pasture and as a cover crop.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:43:07

Al*fal"fa (#), n. [Sp.] Bot.

The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

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