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alfalfa
[ al-fal-fuh ]
noun
- 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
- 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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of alfalfa1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of alfalfa1
Example Sentences
Glyphosate is the world's most heavily applied herbicide, used on crops including corn, soybeans, sugar beets, alfalfa, cotton and wheat.
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.
He steered to the farmhouse and marched up the ridge of alfalfa, grown for the farm’s cattle feed.
"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."
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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