lucerne
noun
lucern
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a variation of
lucerne.
Example Sentences
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The roots of alfalfa or lucern have been traced to depths of from thirteen to sixteen feet or more.
From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich
Originally, lucern came from the hot dry countries of Asia, where it supplied feed to the animals of the first historical peoples.
From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe
He cannot do more than assert that “Lucern is medicago sativa,” but he can assent to the proposition, “That lucern is medicago sativa is true.”
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman
Four plows were kept steadily at work, and the ground was sown with alfalfa or lucern as fast as it was got into condition.
From On the Pampas by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
After reaching Monticello, Mr. Jefferson announced, that he had completely withdrawn from affairs, and that he did not even read the journals, preferring to contemplate "the tranquil growth of lucern and potatoes."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various
