Berseem

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Berseem \Ber*seem"\, n. [Ar. bersh[imac]m 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}.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Berserk