LUCERN

noun a lamp.

2. lucern ·noun a sort of hunting dog;

— perhaps from lucerne, in switzerland.

3. lucern ·noun an animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).

4. lucern ·noun a leguminous plant (medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder;

— called also alfalfa.