Lucern

·noun A Lamp.

II. Lucern ·noun A sort of hunting dog;

— perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.

III. Lucern ·noun An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).

IV. Lucern ·noun A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder;

— called also alfalfa.