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noun
The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several species of small clover-like plant species, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clover, trefoil
noun
creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: white clover, dutch clover, Trifolium repens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clover, trefoil
noun
Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, Oxalis acetosella
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel
History
From Irish seamróg, from Old Irish semróc, diminutive of semar, semair (“clover”), from Proto-Celtic *semarā, *semaris (compare Gaulish uisumaris (“clover”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *semh1r-, *smeh1r-. Related to Old Norse smári (“clover”) and possibly Georgian სამყურა (samq̇ura, “clover”).
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