"alfafa" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /awˈfa.fɐ/ [Brazil], [aʊ̯ˈfa.fɐ] [Brazil], /awˈfa.fɐ/ [Brazil], [aʊ̯ˈfa.fɐ] [Brazil], /awˈfa.fa/ [Southern-Brazil], [aʊ̯ˈfa.fa] [Southern-Brazil], /alˈfa.fɐ/ [Portugal], [aɫˈfa.fɐ] [Portugal] Forms: alfafas [plural]
Rhymes: -afɐ Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pt|ar|فصفص|الْفَصْفَصَة|alfalfa, lucerne|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”), {{bor+|pt|ar|فصفص|الْفَصْفَصَة|t=alfalfa, lucerne}} Borrowed from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} alfafa f (plural alfafas)
  1. lucerne (common name for different species of fodder plants of the genus Medicago, of the Fabaceae family) Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Grains, Trifolieae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-alfafa-pt-noun-MpOIhetJ Disambiguation of Grains: 68 32 Disambiguation of Trifolieae tribe plants: 71 29 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. Medicago sativa, a herbaceous plant of the Phaseolaceae family, with obovate leaves and blue or violet flowers, used worldwide as fodder Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-alfafa-pt-noun-NiHBXjUF

Inflected forms

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