heart clover
English
Heart clover (Medicago arabica)
Alternative forms
- heart-clover, heartclover
Etymology
From Middle English hartclaver, herte clovre, heortclæfre, from Old English heortclǣfre, equivalent to heart + clover.
Noun
heart clover (plural heart clovers)
- (botany) A flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.
- Synonyms: spotted medick, spotted burclover
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