red clover

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red clover

A Eurasian plant (Trifolium pratense) having trifoliate leaves and globular heads of fragrant rose-purple flowers, widely naturalized in North America and frequently planted as a forage or cover crop.

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red clover - erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover

purple clover, Trifolium pratense

clover, trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium

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From experiments which I have tried, I have found that the visits of bees, if not indispensable, are at least highly beneficial to the fertilisation of our clovers; but humble-bees alone visit the common red clover (Trifolium pratense), as other bees cannot reach the nectar.

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