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alfalfa

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ælˈfælfə/

name

Etymology: From alfalfa, from Spanish, from Arabic.

  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.

noun

Etymology: 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”).

  1. A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

    ““No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.””

  2. A type or breed of this plant.