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berseemenUK ber·seem B0206500 (bər-sēm′)n. A yellowish-flowered annual clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) native to the Mediterranean region and Asia and grown for forage in warm areas. Also called Egyptian clover. [Arabic birsīm, from Coptic bersīm : ber-, probably combining form of bra, seed (from Egyptian prt, from prj, to go up, emerge) + sim, plant (from Egyptian sm).]berseem (bɜːˈsiːm) n (Plants) a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley. Also called: Egyptian clover [C20: from Arabic barsīm, from Coptic bersīm]ber•seem (bərˈsim) n. a clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, of Egypt and Syria grown for forage in the southwestern U.S. Also called Egyptian clover. [1900–05; < dial. Arabic barsīm < Coptic bersim] |