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Berseem

an Egyptian forage plant. It is known as the Egyptian clover. In Egypt it is valued because it grows readily in lands that are only partly reclaimed from the sea, and is not drowned out easily by overflow. It has been suggested as a forage crop to be raised in the southwest during the reclamation of strongly alkali lands, that is, before the alkali has been leached out of the soil by continued irrigation.

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