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alfalfa¹
- /ælˈfælfə/
Where it comes from
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”).
noun alfalfas
-
A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
“No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.”
Similar: lucerne
- A type or breed of this plant.
Alfalfa²
Where it comes from
From alfalfa, from Spanish, from Arabic.
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States, originally named Boise.
- Ellipsis of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
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Talk about this word "alfalfa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alfalfa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. alfalfa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alfalfa "alfalfa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alfalfa.Cite this
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title = {alfalfa},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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