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Webster 1913 Edition


Clover

Clo′ver

(klō′vẽr)
,
Noun.
[OE.
claver
,
clover
, AS.
clǣfre
; akin to LG. & Dan.
klever
, D.
klaver
, G.
klee
, Sw.
klöfver
.]
(Bot.)
A plant of different species of the genus
Trifolium
; as the common red clover,
Trifolium pratense
, the white,
Trifolium repens
, and the hare’s foot,
Trifolium arvense
.
Clover weevil
(Zool.)
a small weevil (
Apion apricans
), that destroys the seeds of clover.
Clover worm
(Zool.)
,
the larva of a small moth (
Asopia costalis
), often very destructive to clover hay.
In clover
, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate.
[Colloq.]
Sweet clover
.
See
Meliot
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Clover

CLOVER

,

Definition 2024


Clover

Clover

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English

Proper noun

Clover

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in South Carolina.
  3. A town in Wisconsin.

clover

clover

See also: Clover

English

zigzag clover Trifolium medium

Wikispecies

Noun

clover (plural clovers)

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

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