clover : Idioms & Phrases

• noun European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers
  Trifolium alpinum.
  

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• noun European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
  Lotus corniculatus; bacon and eggs; babies' slippers; bird's foot trefoil.
  

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• noun low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States
  bluebonnet; Lupinus subcarnosus; Texas bluebonnet.
  
• noun clover of western United States
  Trifolium reflexum; Trifolium stoloniferum.
  

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• (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium reflexum and T.soloniferum) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the American bison.

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• noun shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
  lespedeza.
  

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• noun an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots
  Medicago echinus; Medicago intertexta.
  

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• noun any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
  pepperwort.
  

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• (Zoöl.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay.

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• noun yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan
  

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• noun hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
  herb bennet; Geum urbanum; cloveroot; wood avens.
  

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• noun southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage
  Trifolium incarnatum; crimson clover.
  

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• noun creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
  shamrock; dutch clover; Trifolium repens.
  

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• (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium repens), the seed of which was largely imported into England from Holland.

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• noun annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry
  fenugreek; Trigonella foenumgraecum.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of clover (Trifolium arvense) with soft and silky heads.

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1. (Bot.) Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot.

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• noun Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
  sainfoin; esparcet; Onobrychis viciaefolia; sanfoin; Onobrychis viciifolia.
  

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• noun prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
  black medick; yellow trefoil; hop clover; Medicago lupulina.
  
• noun clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
  shamrock; Trifolium dubium; lesser yellow trefoil.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens).

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• in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. Colloq.

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• noun southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage
  Trifolium incarnatum; crimson clover.
  

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• noun an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States
  japan clover; jap clover; Lespedeza striata.
  

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• noun an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States
  japan clover; jap clover; Lespedeza striata.
  

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• (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover.

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• noun an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States
  japan clover; jap clover; Lespedeza striata.
  

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• noun low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria
  Erodium moschatum; muskus grass; white-stemmed filaree.
  

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• noun prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
  black medick; yellow trefoil; hop clover; Medicago lupulina.
  

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• noun European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
  pin grass; filaria; alfileria; clocks; redstem storksbill; Erodium cicutarium; alfilaria; filaree.
  

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• (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus Petalostemon, having small rosy or white flowers in dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States.

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• noun erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
  Trifolium pratense; purple clover.
  

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• noun erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
  Trifolium pratense; purple clover.
  

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• (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata, also, M. Helix); so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive.

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• noun plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
  Rocky Mountain bee plant; Cleome serrulata.
  

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• noun erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
  melilotus; melilot.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Melilot.
• . See Meliot.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot (Melilotus alba). See Melilot.

Webster 1913

• noun water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
  Marsilea quadrifolia.
  

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• noun creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
  shamrock; dutch clover; Trifolium repens.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also under Clover.

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• noun biennial plant; valuable honey plant
  Melilotus alba; white melilot.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Japan clover, under Japan.

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• noun biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop
  Melilotus officinalis.
  

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