LUCERNE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

alfalfa; lucerne; Medicago sativa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lucerne" is a kind of...):

medic; medick; trefoil (any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves)

Meronyms (parts of "lucerne"):

alfalfa (leguminous plant grown for hay or forage)