فصة

Meaning

medicago, alfalfa (Medicago-genus plant)

Concepts

Medicago

alfalfa

medics

lucerne

Translations

Medicago

Medicago

Medicago

Medicago

Medicago

alfalfa

mielga

τριφύλλι

αλφάλφα

luzerne

mediche

cytisum

cytisus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fisˤ.sˤa/

Etymology

Back-formation from فِصْفِصَة (fiṣfiṣa), interpreted after فَصَّ (faṣṣa, “to pull, to pluck”) as قَتّْ (qatt, “alfalfa”) hails from قَتَّ (qatta, “to cut into strips”), and at least the fruits may also have reminded of a فِصّ (fiṣṣ, “a circular object such as a bulb, clove, ossicle etc.”).