| alpine clover | (n) European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers, Syn. Trifolium alpinum |
| buffalo clover | (n) clover of western United States, Syn. Trifolium reflexum, Trifolium stoloniferum |
| bush clover | (n) shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States, Syn. lespedeza |
| calvary clover | (n) an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots, Syn. Medicago echinus, Medicago intertexta |
| clover | (n) a plant of the genus Trifolium, Syn. trefoil |
| clover fern | (n) any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets, Syn. pepperwort |
| cloverleaf | (n) an interchange that does not require left-hand turns |
| clover-leaf roll | (n) yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan |
| crimson clover | (n) southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage, Syn. Italian clover, Trifolium incarnatum |
| hop clover | (n) clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock, Syn. shamrock, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium |
| japanese clover | (n) an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States, Syn. japan clover, jap clover, Lespedeza striata |
| musk clover | (n) low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria, Syn. Erodium moschatum, white-stemmed filaree, muskus grass |
| red clover | (n) erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover, Syn. purple clover, Trifolium pratense |
| water clover | (n) water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves, Syn. Marsilea quadrifolia |
| white clover | (n) creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage, Syn. Trifolium repens, shamrock, dutch clover |
| white sweet clover | (n) biennial plant; valuable honey plant, Syn. white melilot, Melilotus alba |
| yellow sweet clover | (n) biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop, Syn. Melilotus officinalis |
| bird's foot trefoil | (n) European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America, Syn. Lotus corniculatus, bacon and eggs, babies' slippers, bird's foot clover |
| black medick | (n) prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America, Syn. nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil, hop clover, Medicago lupulina |
| bluebonnet | (n) low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States, Syn. buffalo clover, Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet |
| fenugreek | (n) annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry, Syn. Greek clover, Trigonella foenumgraecum |
| herb bennet | (n) hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally, Syn. cloveroot, clover-root, Geum urbanum, wood avens |
| melilotus | (n) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement, Syn. melilot, sweet clover |
| redstem storksbill | (n) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage, Syn. filaria, clocks, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium, alfileria, filaree, alfilaria, pin grass |
| rocky mountain bee plant | (n) plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental, Syn. Cleome serrulata, stinking clover |
| sainfoin | (n) Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain, Syn. esparcet, Onobrychis viciifolia, sanfoin, Onobrychis viciaefolia, holy clover |
| Clover | n. [ OE. claver, clover, AS. cl&aemacr_;fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. klöfver. ] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, Trifolium pratense, the white, Trifolium repens, and the hare's foot, Trifolium arvense. [ 1913 Webster ]
Clover weevil (Zool.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover. --
Clover worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay. --
In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [ Colloq. ] --
Sweet clover. See Meliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Clovered | a. Covered with growing clover. [ 1913 Webster ] Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| cloverleaf | n. a highway interchange between two roads in which the connecting road pattern resembles a four-leaf clover, and which allows moving from one road to another without left-hand turns. One road passes over the other, and the exit from one highway and entrance into the second highway proceeds from the right-hand lane in all directions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] |
| cloveroot | n. a hairy Eurasian plant (Geum urbanum) with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
Syn. -- herb bennet, wood avens, Geum urbanum. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Hart's clover | (Bot.) Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 萩(P);芽子 | [はぎ(P);ハギ, hagi (P); hagi] (n) (1) (uk) bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); (2) (See 襲の色目) dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); (P) #7,107 [Add to Longdo] |
| クローバー | [kuro-ba-] (n) clover #9,684 [Add to Longdo] |
| ハギ属;萩属 | [ハギぞく(ハギ属);はぎぞく(萩属), hagi zoku ( hagi zoku ); hagizoku ( hagi zoku )] (n) Lespedeza (genus comprising the bush clovers) [Add to Longdo] |
| 丸葉萩 | [まるばはぎ;マルバハギ, marubahagi ; marubahagi] (n) (uk) leafy lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza cyrtobotrya) [Add to Longdo] |
| 詰草 | [つめくさ, tsumekusa] (n) white Dutch clover [Add to Longdo] |
| 宮城野萩 | [みやぎのはぎ;ミヤギノハギ, miyaginohagi ; miyaginohagi] (n) (uk) Thunberg's lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza thunbergii) [Add to Longdo] |
| 三つ葉のクローバー | [みつばのクローバー, mitsubano kuro-ba-] (n) (See 四つ葉のクローバー) three-leaf clover [Add to Longdo] |
| 山萩 | [やまはぎ;ヤマハギ, yamahagi ; yamahagi] (n) (uk) shrubby lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor) [Add to Longdo] |
| 四つ葉のクローバー | [よつばのクローバー, yotsubano kuro-ba-] (n) four-leaf clover [Add to Longdo] |
| 車軸草 | [しゃじくそう;シャジクソウ, shajikusou ; shajikusou] (n) (uk) bastard lupine (Trifolium lupinaster); lupine clover; hop clover; trefoil [Add to Longdo] |
| 秋の七草 | [あきのななくさ, akinonanakusa] (n) (See 春の七草) seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower) [Add to Longdo] |
| 庭見草 | [にわみぐさ, niwamigusa] (n) (1) (obsc) (See 萩) bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); (2) (See 芭蕉) Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo) [Add to Longdo] |
| 馬肥やし;馬肥(io);苜蓿 | [うまごやし;もくしゅく(苜蓿);まごやし(苜蓿);おおい(苜蓿)(ok);ウマゴヤシ, umagoyashi ; mokushuku ( sho shuku ); magoyashi ( sho shuku ); ooi ( sho shuku )(ok] (n) (1) toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha); hairy medick; bur clover; (2) (col) (See 白詰草) white clover (Trifolium repens) [Add to Longdo] |
| 白詰草;白詰め草(io) | [しろつめくさ;シロツメクサ, shirotsumekusa ; shirotsumekusa] (n) white clover (Trifolium repens); Dutch clover [Add to Longdo] |
| 白萩 | [しらはぎ, shirahagi] (n) (1) white bush clover; (2) (See 沼虎の尾) Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife) [Add to Longdo] |
| 木萩 | [きはぎ;キハギ, kihagi ; kihagi] (n) (uk) Lespedeza buergeri (species of bush clover) [Add to Longdo] |
| 蓍 | [めど, medo] (n) (1) (arch) (See 蓍萩) Chinese lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza cuneata); (2) fortune-telling (using divination sticks) [Add to Longdo] |
| 蓍萩 | [めどはぎ;メドハギ, medohagi ; medohagi] (n) (uk) Chinese lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza cuneata) [Add to Longdo] |
| 蓍木 | [めどぎ, medogi] (n) (obsc) (See 蓍萩) Chinese lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza cuneata) [Add to Longdo] |
