Definitions for alfalfa

alfalfa al·fal·fa

Spelling: [al-fal-fuh]
IPA: /ælˈfæl fə/

Alfalfa is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in alfalfa (aaaffll).

Definitions for alfalfa

noun

  1. a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop.

Origin of alfalfa

1835-45; Spanish, variant of alfalfez Spanish Arabic al the + faṣfaṣah Persian ispist lucerne

Examples for alfalfa

alfalfa, however, unlike the cowpea, does not take to poor land.

The Dean could have been enticed away to examine the alfalfa and the pumping system.

Capital yields are produced after alfalfa or after root crops.

Bob Johnson was stripping a stalk of alfalfa in his fingers.

The alfalfa Club dinner crowd in tiaras was the order of the night.

They grew up as crop and dairy farmers in Iowa, tending corn, soy, alfalfa, hay, oats and clover.

And near them long trains of burros laden with grain, alfalfa, straw, or wood.

A small flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, known as alfalfa.

To wit, Parvin has been a member of the alfalfa Club for 26 years.

They will concentrate instead on farming their 1,900 acres of alfalfa, 1,600 acres of corn, and 1,400 acres of soybeans.

Word Value for alfalfa
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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