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Meanings of lucerne in English

Portuguese
alfafa
Catalan
userda
Spanish
lucerna

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

        alfafa

        A canton in central Switzerland.

              Usage of lucerne in English
              1
              Around us are fields of corn, of lucerne, and the flowering bean.
              Egypt (La Mort de Philae)
              2
              Among these are corn, vines, some lucerne, mulberry, some almonds, and willow.
              Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
              3
              At a certain time in the day lucerne hay is issued.
              Five Months at Anzac / A Narrative of Personal Experiences of th...
              4
              He's going to lay it all down in lucerne, he says.'
              Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
              5
              But lucerne was only part of the solution, he said.
              Radio NZ
              6
              Yearling bulls on lucerne are currently growing at 2 kilograms per head per day.
              Radio NZ
              7
              I was just turning the water on the lucerne.
              Dorian
              8
              Clover, lucerne, ryegrass and similar grasses have been introduced to improve and vary the fodder.
              Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bréquigny, Louis George...
              9
              He did his chores, then went out to his ten-acre field of wheat and lucerne.
              Dorian
              10
              The mix contains red clover and lucerne to give nitrogen, and looks like luxury muesli.
              The Guardian
              11
              These include Sainfoin, Egyptian clover, Yellow clover, Sand lucerne, Japanese clover, Beggarweed and Seaside clover.
              Clovers and How to Grow Them
              12
              The two most striking exceptions are from foreign soil, the purple-blue lucerne and the crimson sainfoin.
              The Naturalist on the Thames
              13
              Green seaweed lines the reef over which the white spray flies, blue lucerne dots the field.
              Nature Near London
              14
              Wooden posts supported the roofs, and these were wreathed with lucerne, the firstfruits of the field.
              Among the Tibetans
              15
              But lucerne is a more profitable culture.
              Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
              16
              With reasonable moisture levels in the ground, lucerne that was put in several days ago was already up.
              Radio NZ
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              Translations for lucerne
              Portuguese
              alfafa
              Lucerne through the time