Definition of clover Clover

/klowˈvɚ/ - [klowver] - clo•ver

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Noun

Plural: clovers

clover - a plant of the genus Trifolium
  trefoil
  herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
  genus trifolium, trifolium any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
  alpine clover, trifolium alpinum European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers
  lesser yellow trefoil, trifolium dubium, hop clover, shamrock clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
  crimson clover, italian clover, trifolium incarnatum southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage
  purple clover, red clover, trifolium pratense erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
  trifolium reflexum, trifolium stoloniferum, buffalo clover clover of western United States
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • clover (Noun)
    A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three rarely four leaflets and with white or red flowers.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • clover (n.)
    A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • clover
    A plant of the genus Trifolium.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • clover
    klōv′ėr, n. a genus of plants containing a great number of species, natives chiefly of temperate climates, affording rich pasturage.—adj. Clov′ered, covered with clover.—n. Clov′er-grass, clover.—adj. Clov′ery, abounding in clover.—Live in clover, to live luxuriously or in abundance. [A.S. cláfre; Dut. klaver; Dan. klöver; Ger. klee.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • clover
    To be, or live, in clover; to live luxuriously. Clover is the most desirable food for cattle.

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • clover
    He is in clover.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • Clover ("Trifolium") is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family. One can find it worldwide, mainly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics.

    They are small herbaceous plants. The leaves are trifoliate.

    The Clover is often accosiated with Ireland.
  • Animal Farm
    Clover is a character from "Animal Farm". She is a stout motherly mare approaching middle life. She never got her figure back after her 4th foal. She, like Boxer works as a cart-horse on Manor Farm.
  • disambiguation
    Companies.

    Clover was also the name of a defunct discount department store owned by Strawbridge and Clothier department stores in Pennsylvania.

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