alfalfa

FREQ #34689

n. 苜蓿, 紫苜蓿 [医] 苜蓿

发音

其它 /ælˈfælfə/

词形变化

alfalfas 复数 alfalfas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    苜蓿

    紫花苜蓿

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    A type or breed of this plant.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

lucerne

上位词 4

medic fodder medick trefoil

整体词 1

lucerne

相关短语

alfalfa weevil 苜蓿叶象虫 alfalfa weevils Alfalfa County alfalfa butterfly alfalfa butterflies alfalfa caterpillar alfalfa caterpillars

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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