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sweet clover

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sweet clover
n.
See melilot.

sweet clover
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for melilot
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Noun1.sweet clover - erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvementsweet clover - erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
genus Melilotus - Old World herbs: the sweet clovers
Melilotus alba, white melilot, white sweet clover - biennial plant; valuable honey plant
Melilotus officinalis, yellow sweet clover - biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop
ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems


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