Definition of shamrock Shamrock

/ʃæˈmɹɑˌk/ - [shatmrak] - sham•rock

We found 9 definitions of shamrock from 6 different sources.

What does shamrock mean?

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shamrock - creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
		white clover, dutch clover, Trifolium repens
shamrock - Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
		common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, Oxalis acetosella
shamrock - clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
		hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium

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shamrock (Noun)
The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens , or such a leaf from a clover-like plant.
shamrock (Noun)
Any of several small plants, forms of clover, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens .

shamrock (n.)
A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

shamrock
sham′rok, n. the national emblem of Ireland, a leaf with three leaflets, or plant having such leaves, sometimes supposed to be the Wood-sorrel, but the name is more frequently applied to some species of Clover, or to some common plant of some of the nearly allied genera, as the Bird's Foot Trefoil or the Black Medick. The Lesser Yellow Trefoil is the plant usually sold in Dublin on St Patrick's Day. [Ir. seamrog, Gael. seamrag, trefoil, dim. of seamar, trefoil.]