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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lu·cern, n.  Bot. A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Med·ic n.  Bot. A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago.  The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is Medicago sativa.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Al·fal·fa n.  Bot. The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Medicago sativa
      n : important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate
          leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture
          and hay crop [syn: alfalfa, lucerne]