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alfalfa

noun
/ælˈfælfə/

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. derived from فصفص — “alfalfa, lucerne”
  2. derived from alfalfez
  3. borrowed from alfalfa

Definitions

  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.

  3. An unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States, originally named…

      An unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States, originally named Boise.

    2. Ellipsis of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.

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