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alfalfa

15 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. alfalfa (noun)
  2. alfalfa butterfly (noun)
  3. alfalfa caterpillar (noun)
  4. alfalfa dwarf (noun)
  5. alfalfa looper (noun)
  6. alfalfa meal (noun)
  7. alfalfa plant bug (noun)
  8. alfalfa snout beetle (noun)
  9. alfalfa webworm (noun)
  10. alfalfa weevil (noun)
  11. clover-and-alfalfa disease (noun)
  12. Egyptian alfalfa weevil (noun)
  13. sickle alfalfa (noun)
  14. spotted alfalfa aphid (noun)
  15. wild alfalfa (noun)

al·fal·fa

noun \al-ˈfal-fə\

Definition of ALFALFA

: a deep-rooted leguminous perennial plant (Medicago sativa) of southwestern Asia that is widely grown for hay and forage
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Origin of ALFALFA

Spanish, modification of Arabic dialect al-faṣfaṣa the alfalfa
First Known Use: 1845

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