Lu·cern, n. Bot. A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
Med·ic n. Bot. A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is Medicago sativa.
Al·fal·fa n. Bot. The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
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Medicago sativa
n : important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate
leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture
and hay crop [syn: alfalfa, lucerne]