This plot of land is dedicated to growing alfalfa.
Tips
memory
苜蓿 is one of those rare Chinese words where both characters are uncommon — making it a vocabulary challenge. Mnemonic: picture a 木 (wood) ox (蓿 sounds like "sue") grazing on this fodder plant.
history
苜蓿 was introduced to China from Central Asia during the Han Dynasty along the Silk Road, brought back by envoy Zhang Qian. It was one of the earliest foreign plants adopted in Chinese agriculture.
