Sickle Lucerne (Noun)
Meaning
European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Sickle lucerne is a perennial legume that has been widely cultivated in Europe and North America for its nutritious hay and silage.
- The fields of sickle lucerne swayed gently in the breeze, their bright yellow flowers attracting a variety of pollinators.
- Sickle lucerne is often used as a cover crop to improve soil health and reduce erosion in agricultural fields.
- The distinctive sickle-shaped pods of the sickle lucerne plant are a key identifying feature of this species.
- In North America, sickle lucerne has become naturalized in many areas, growing wild along roadsides and in abandoned fields.