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alfalfa

/ælˈfælfə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
al-fal-fa
IPA
/ælˈfælfə/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

Uncountable

noun

A type or breed of this plant.

Countable

name

An unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.

name

An unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States, originally named Boise.

name

Ellipsis of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₁eḱ-, alfalfa, alfalfez, فصفص, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

alfalfas (plural)

Derived Forms

Alfalfa

Phrases

alfalfa butterfly alfalfa caterpillar Alfalfa County alfalfa weevil sickle alfalfa County of Alfalfa

Frequently Paired Words

alfalfa Alfalfa County County of Alfalfa

Synonyms

lucerne medicago sativa

Rhymes With

alpha alfa

Questions

How do you pronounce alfalfa?
The recorded pronunciation is /ælˈfælfə/.
What does alfalfa mean?
A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
Where does alfalfa come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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