Wondering how to use Alfalfa in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as lucerne or medic.
Alfalfa in a sentence
Alfalfa meaning
- A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
- A type or breed of this plant.
Using Alfalfa
- The main meaning on this page is: A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. | A type or breed of this plant.
- Useful related words include: lucerne, medicago sativa, medic, medick.
- In the example corpus, alfalfa often appears in combinations such as: the alfalfa, alfalfa and, and alfalfa.
Context around Alfalfa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Alfalfa
- In this selection, "alfalfa" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, held, organic, told, grass, hay and leaves stand out and add context to how "alfalfa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acres of alfalfa field about and alfalfa grass mixes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "alfalfa" sits close to words such as abaco, abandons and abramovich, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with alfalfa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alfalfa is one needy crop in Imperial Valley. (8 words)
In 1970, they were hay and alfalfa fields. (8 words)
An alfalfa-grass mixed hay falls somewhere in between. (9 words)
Participants ride in a wagon pulled by a tractor through a meadow, flinging flakes of alfalfa for herds of wild elk. The elk come close to eat the handout, offering a premiere wildlife viewing experience. (35 words)
If you regularly feed more than 5 or 6 pounds of alfalfa per day to stock cows during winter, they probably are getting way more than enough protein but maybe not enough TDN or energy. (35 words)
We got on this tour because it was the last one of the season, and the weather was brutal, but that made the elk all the more appreciative of the alfalfa we fed them. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Alfalfa grass mixes (50% grass) are ready to harvest when the alfalfa is 24 inches tall.
First, the fields held alfalfa for five years to build soil, control weeds and reap the high economic returns of organic alfalfa hay.
Parboiled barley increases their fertility; this should be mixed with alfalfa leaves and seeds, or vetches or millet if alfalfa is not at hand.
Alfalfa is a key crop in Utah’s agriculture economy.
Alfalfa is one needy crop in Imperial Valley.
All told, alfalfa swallows triple the water used by everyone in the region to shower, water lawns, and do laundry.
In 1970, they were hay and alfalfa fields.
Or I would suggest that the grower review fertilizer label ingredients and select a product with organic ingredients such as blood meal, bone meal, fish meal, kelp meal, cottonseed meal and alfalfa.
Participants ride in a wagon pulled by a tractor through a meadow, flinging flakes of alfalfa for herds of wild elk. The elk come close to eat the handout, offering a premiere wildlife viewing experience.
The Alfalfa’s Market Inc. grocery store at 785 E. South Boulder Road in Louisville as seen when it was closing in 2021.
The city created the Sioux Addition, "20 acres of alfalfa field about a mile north of the city limits along the west side of Haines Avenue," as described by a 1978 Journal article.
We got on this tour because it was the last one of the season, and the weather was brutal, but that made the elk all the more appreciative of the alfalfa we fed them.
Alfalfa’s closed the Louisville grocery store in April 2021.
Her diet includes Ragi Laddu, Khichadi, and rotis for breakfast followed by green fodder and Alfalfa as snacks.
If you regularly feed more than 5 or 6 pounds of alfalfa per day to stock cows during winter, they probably are getting way more than enough protein but maybe not enough TDN or energy.
Only plants in one particular family—legumes (peas, lentils, beans; clover, alfalfa; and some trees, such as acacia)—are able to draw on this reserve of gaseous nitrogen.
The TL;DR here is that California wine grapes don’t gulp nearly as much water as crops like almonds, pistachios and alfalfa.
Alfalfa hay second cutting is 97% complete, four days ahead of last year but one day behind the five-year average.
An alfalfa-grass mixed hay falls somewhere in between.
Farmers and ranchers know the army cutworm, which in its caterpillar state can devour key crops like corn, alfalfa and canola.
Common combinations with alfalfa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the alfalfa 10×
- alfalfa and 9×
- and alfalfa 7×
- of alfalfa 5×
- alfalfa is 4×
- alfalfa hay 4×
- alfalfa fields 3×
- alfalfa for 2×
- in alfalfa 2×
- with alfalfa 2×