clover

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)//
United States//ˈkloʊ.vɚ//
Australia//ˈkləʉ.və(ɹ)//

A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

noun

1
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills.
2
The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.

Etymology

From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer, Low German Klaver, Klever, Dutch klaver, all “clover”. More distantly also related with German Klee.

Forms

plural: clovers

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clover · A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

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