shamrock

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.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shamrock - creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage dutch clover, Trifolium repens, white clover clover, trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium
	2.	shamrock - Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, Oxalis acetosella oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
	3.	shamrock - clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium, hop clover clover, trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium

Translations

shamrock [ˈʃæmrɒk] N → trébol m

shamrock [ˈʃæmrɒk] n → trèfle emblème national de l'Irlande)m >

shamrock

n → Klee m; (= leaf) → Kleeblatt nt

shamrock [ˈʃæmˌrɒk] n → trifoglio