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alfalfa

[ al-fal-fuh ]

noun

  1. a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in western Asia and widely cultivated as a forage crop.


alfalfa

/ æ±ôˈ´Úæ±ô´ÚÉ™ /

noun

  1. a leguminous plant, Medicago sativa, of Europe and Asia, having compound leaves with three leaflets and clusters of small purplish flowers. It is widely cultivated for forage and as a nitrogen fixer and used as a commercial source of chlorophyll Also calledlucerne
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of alfalfa1

First recorded in 1835–45; from Spanish, variant of alfalfez, from Spanish Arabic al “the†+ ´Ú²¹á¹£f²¹á¹£a³ó from Persian ispist “l³Ü³¦±ð°ù²Ô±ðâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of alfalfa1

C19: from Spanish, from Arabic al-fasfasah, from al the + fasfasah the best sort of fodder
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Glyphosate is the world's most heavily applied herbicide, used on crops including corn, soybeans, sugar beets, alfalfa, cotton and wheat.

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In contrast, Saudi Arabia drew down nearly 80% of its fossil water aquifers between the 1970s and the mid-2010s to irrigate thirsty wheat, corn, and alfalfa fields.

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He steered to the farmhouse and marched up the ridge of alfalfa, grown for the farm’s cattle feed.

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"That means we can be pretty reckless with how we're growing and in what environments. That's why you see alfalfa being grown in the desert."

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Matt Cooley, a second-generation farmer of walnuts, tomatoes, sunflowers, wheat and alfalfa, decided to grow a few pumpkins for Halloween and sell them by the side of the road.

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