'Medicago sativa' definitions:

Definition of 'Medicago sativa'

From: WordNet
noun
Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop [syn: alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa]

Definition of 'Medicago sativa'

From: GCIDE
  • Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Medicago sativa'

From: GCIDE
  • Medic \Med"ic\, n. [L. medica, Gr. ? (sc. ?) a kind of clover introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is Medicago sativa. [1913 Webster]