Ber*seem" (?), n. [Ar.
bershīm clover.]
An Egyptian clover (Trifolium
alexandrinum) extensively cultivated as a forage plant and soil-renewing crop in the alkaline soils of the Nile valley, and now
introduced into the southwestern United States. It is more succulent
than other clovers or than alfalfa. Called also Egyptian
clover.
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