Thesaurus: lucern

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1. n. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.
2. n. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).
3. n. A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa.
4. n. A lamp.
5. 1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland. My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine. Chapman. 2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in req [Written also lusern and luzern.] The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase. Beau. & Fl. A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.] A lamp. [Obs.] Lydgate.
6. A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purplecloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa.[Written also lucerne.]
7. n. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland. n. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx). n. A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa. n. A lamp.