alfafa
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -afɐ
- Hyphenation: al‧fa‧fa
Noun
[edit]alfafa f (plural alfafas)
- lucerne (common name for different species of fodder plants of the genus Medicago, of the Fabaceae family)
- Medicago sativa, a herbaceous plant of the Phaseolaceae family, with obovate leaves and blue or violet flowers, used worldwide as fodder
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Arabic
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/afɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/afɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Trifolieae tribe plants
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