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clo·ver  (klvr)

n.

1. Any of various herbs of the genus Trifolium in the pea family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense heads of small flowers and including species grown for forage, for erosion control, and as a source of nectar for honeybees.

2. Any of several other plants in the pea family, such as bush clover and sweet clover.

3. Any of several nonleguminous plants, such as owl's clover and water clover.

Idiom:

in clover

Living a carefree life of ease, comfort, or prosperity.

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[Middle English, from Old English clfre.]

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clover

Noun

1. a plant with three-lobed leaves and dense flower heads

2. in clover Informal in ease or luxury [Old English clāfre]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

clover - a plant of the genus Trifolium trefoil genus Trifolium, Trifolium - any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets alpine clover, Trifolium alpinum - European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium, hop clover, shamrock - clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock crimson clover, Italian clover, Trifolium incarnatum - southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage purple clover, red clover, Trifolium pratense - erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover Trifolium reflexum, Trifolium stoloniferum, buffalo clover - clover of western United States dutch clover, shamrock, Trifolium repens, white clover - creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Translations

clover [ˈkləuvəʳ] n → trébol m

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clover [ˈkləuvəʳ] n → trèfle m

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clover [ˈkləuvəʳ] n → Klee m

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clover [ˈkləuvəʳ] n → trifoglio