medica

medica (another Persian plant, cf. malus medica)

Flora Eur. 853

alfalfa, lucerne

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

(cf. Medicago arborea, cytisus, trefoil; another forrage plant)

Luzerne

luserne

erba medica

G. 1.215

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Georges Seurat. La Lucerne, Saint-Denis. c. 1885-86. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The America name "alfalfa" is taken from Spanish and in turn from Arabic, as the al- indicates; from al-faṣfaṣah 'the fodder of fodders'; Lucerne is of unknown etymology (nothing to do with the lake or town).

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