Definition of Medicago sativa

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

Exact synonyms: Alfalfa, Lucerne
Terms within: Alfalfa
Generic synonyms: Medic, Medick, Trefoil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medicago Sativa

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Media
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Median
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Medicago
Medicago arborea
Medicago echinus
Medicago falcata
Medicago intertexta
Medicago lupulina
Medicago sativa (current term)
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Literary usage of Medicago sativa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"He cannot do more than assert that ' Lucern is medicago sativa,' but he can ... that lucern is medicago sativa, and is food for cattle, is the truth. ..."

2. The Fertility of the Land: A Summary Sketch of the Relationship of Farm by Isaac Phillips Roberts (1898)
"Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) beginning of bloom (15) 6 157.5 73.1 23.9 5.4 14.9 Alfalfa ... 80.2 22.9 6.1 17.9 Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) in bloom 5 160. 62. ..."

3. Garden and Farm Topics / by Peter Henderson by Peter Henderson (1884)
"CULTURE OF ALFALFA OR LUCERNE, (Medicago sativa.) (Written by Peter Henderson for the United States Agricultural Report for 1884. ..."

4. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller (1883)
"Medicago sativa has, like Sarothamnus scoparius arid Genista tinctoria, ... But Medicago sativa differs from these two plants by having both the elastic ..."

5. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"... reporter gene¡was strongly expressed, and further induced by ungd elicitor when electroporated into alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) suspension cell P"*°P»? ..."

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