alfalfa

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. uncountable
    — “No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.”
  2. A type or breed of this plant. countable

词形变化

alfalfas plural

词源

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas
Proto-Iranian *Hácwah
Proto-Iranian *Hástiš
Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš
Old Median *aspāstišder.
Arabic فَصْفَص (faṣfaṣ)bor.
Old Spanish alfalfez
Spanish alfalfabor.
English alfalfa
From Spanish alfalfa, from Old Spanish alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”).
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