Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alfalfa

2 senses of alfalfa

Sense 1
alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa -- (important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop)
       => medic, medick, trefoil -- (any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves)

Sense 2
alfalfa -- (leguminous plant grown for hay or forage)
       => fodder -- (coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop)