clover
See also: Clover and clóver
English
Etymology
From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer (“clover”), West Frisian klaver (“clover”), Dutch klaver (“clover”), German Low German Klaver (“clover”), German Klee (“clover”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkloʊ.vɚ/
- Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ)
Noun
clover (plural clovers)
- A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
- 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “[A Paraphrase upon the Second Booke of the Psalmes of David.] Psalme LXV.”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], OCLC 1203213428, page 101:
- He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills.
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- (cartomancy) The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
Alternative forms
- claver (obsolete)
Hyponyms
- shamrock
- trefoil
Derived terms
- bush clover
- clover clamp
- clover grass
- cloverleaf
- clover weevil (Apion apricans etc.)
- clover worm (Asopia costalis)
- crimson clover
- Dutch clover
- Egyptian clover
- four-leaf clover
- four-leafed clover
- four-leaved clover
- hart's clover
- heart clover
- in clover
- lemon clover
- like a bee in clover
- like a pig in clover
- like pigs in clover
- lucky clover
- mountain carpet clover
- owl's clover
- prairie clover
- rare as a four-leaf clover
- red clover (Trifolium pratense)
- rolling in clover
- round-headed bush clover
- snail clover
- sweet-clover
- sweet clover (Melilotus spp.)
- white clover (Trifolium repens)
Descendants
- → Catalan: clóver
Translations
plant in genus Trifolium
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References
- clover on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Trifolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Trifolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- Velcro, velcro