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alfalfa

[ US /ˌæɫˈfæɫfə/ ]
[ UK /ælfˈælfɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
  2. important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop

How To Use alfalfa In A Sentence

  • Herb sources of B complex vitamins are dandelion, fenugreek, parsley, alfalfa, watercress, cayenne, burdock and sage.
  • This led to a substantial reduction in the sowing of traditional crops such as alfalfa and plants grown for vegetable oil.
  • The farm's organic alfalfa is stored in the hayloft above.
  • Mulch with an organic material such as compost or alfalfa hay.
  • There's been more interest in planting alfalfa and oats than in recent years.
  • Unlike the more familiar and common pea aphid, relatively few spotted alfalfa aphids can significantly reduce the growth of alfalfa, particularly in new seedings.
  • Pastures still look good and alfalfa regrowth is looking very good.
  • These include but are not limited to: chlorella, blue-green algae, spirulina from California or Hawaii, AFA blue-green algae (Aphanizomenon Flos Aquae), kelp, nori, green barley, wheat grass and alfalfa.
  • Most alternative herbicide programs require seedling alfalfa to have at least two to four trifoliate leaves before applying treatments.
  • About 50 million wet tons of alfalfa are ensiled annually in the United States, and 30-50 percent of this tonnage is inoculated at a cost of about $1 per ton.
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