Lucerne vs. Alfalfa

Lucernenoun

(British) Alfalfa.

Lucernenoun

See Lucern, the plant.

Lucernenoun

important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop

Lucerne

Lucerne ( loo-SURN, French: [lysɛʁn] (listen)) or Luzern (Swiss Standard German: [luˈtsɛrn] (listen)) is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of the same name.

Alfalfanoun

(uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

Alfalfanoun

(countable) A type or breed of this plant.

Alfalfanoun

The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; - so called in California, Texas, etc.

Alfalfanoun

important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop

Alfalfanoun

leguminous plant grown for hay or forage

Alfalfa

Alfalfa () (Medicago sativa), also called lucerne, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world.