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shamrock

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sham·rock  (shmrk)
n.
Any of several plants, such as a clover or wood sorrel, having compound leaves with three small leaflets, considered the national emblem of Ireland.

[Irish Gaelic seamróg, diminutive of seamar, clover, from Middle Irish semar.]

shamrock [ˈʃæmˌrɒk]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a plant having leaves divided into three leaflets, variously identified as the wood sorrel, red clover, white clover, and black medick: the national emblem of Ireland
[from Irish Gaelic seamrōg, diminutive of seamar clover]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shamrockshamrock - creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
clover, trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium
2.shamrockshamrock - Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
3.shamrockshamrock - clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
clover, trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium
Translations
shamrock [ˈʃæmrɒk] Ntrébol m
shamrock [ˈʃæmrɒk] ntrèfle emblème national de l'Irlande)m >
shamrock
nKlee m; (= leaf)Kleeblatt nt
shamrock [ˈʃæmˌrɒk] ntrifoglio
shamrock [ˈʃæmˌrɒk] ntrifoglio


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They were strange ornaments to bring on a sea voyage--china pugs, tea-sets in miniature, cups stamped floridly with the arms of the city of Bristol, hair-pin boxes crusted with shamrock, antelopes' heads in coloured plaster, together with a multitude of tiny photographs, representing downright workmen in their Sunday best, and women holding white babies.
On the table was a roast sirloin of pork, garnished with shamrocks.
 
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