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al·fal·fa
 alfalfa
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- pronunciation:
- ael
fael
f
- features:
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a plant with purple flowers that is grown as food for cattle and horses. Alfalfa is a member of the legume family of plants.
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adjective + (n.)alfalfa
clean, dried, fresh, normal, purple, raw, tender, unusual
verb + (n.)alfalfa
breed, divide, eat, feed, forage, grow, harvest, irrigate, mix, plant
(n.)alfalfa
+ verb
contain, enable, spread, sprout, surround
noun + (n.)alfalfa
acorn,
acre,
almond,
apple,
bale,
beet,
cheese,
clover,
corn,
cow,
crop,
cut,
deer,
edge,
extract,
fertilizer,
gene,
green,
harvest,
layer,
lettuce,
meadow,
outbreak,
pea,
perennial,
pest,
planting,
pound,
protein,
root,
sheep,
shortage,
smell,
soil,
soybean,
tobacco,
turkey,
watercress,
winter
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Alfalfa comes from an Arabic word meaning "the best kind of fodder (or animal feed)."
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