MEDICAGO SATIVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Medicago sativa mean? 

• MEDICAGO SATIVA (noun)
  The noun MEDICAGO SATIVA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MEDICAGO SATIVA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDICAGO SATIVA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alfalfa; lucerne; Medicago sativa

Hypernyms ("Medicago sativa" 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 "Medicago sativa"):

alfalfa (leguminous plant grown for hay or forage)