Phrase guide

white clover

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of clover, Trifolium repens, native to much of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia and introduced elsewhere as a pasture crop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dutch clover, shamrock, Trifolium repens

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: clover, trefoil

History

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: trébole blancu — Trifolium repens
  • Azerbaijani: ağ yonca — Trifolium repens
  • Basque: hirusta zuri — Trifolium repens
  • Catalan: trèvol blanc — Trifolium repens
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白三葉草 /白三叶草 — Trifolium repens
  • Czech: jetel plazivý — Trifolium repens
  • Danish: hvidkløver — Trifolium repens
  • Dutch: witte klaver — Trifolium repens
  • Finnish: valkoapila — Trifolium repens
  • French: trèfle blanc — Trifolium repens
  • Galician: trevo branco — Trifolium repens
  • Georgian: სამყურა მხოხავი (samq̇ura mxoxavi) — Trifolium repens
  • German: Weißklee — Trifolium repens
  • German: Kriechklee — Trifolium repens
  • Greek: λευκό τριφύλλι (lefkó trifýlli) — Trifolium repens
  • Hungarian: fehér here — Trifolium repens
  • Icelandic: hvítsmári — Trifolium repens
  • Irish: seamair bhán — Trifolium repens
  • Japanese: 白詰草 (shirotsumekusa) — Trifolium repens
  • Kashubian: biôłô kòniczëna — Trifolium repens
  • Korean: 토끼풀 (tokkipul) — Trifolium repens
  • Latvian: ložņu āboliņš — Trifolium repens
  • Lithuanian: baltasis dobilas — Trifolium repens
  • Navajo: tłʼoh waaʼí nahalinígíí — Trifolium repens
  • Norman: trêfl'ye d'natuthe — Trifolium repens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvitkløver — Trifolium repens
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitkløver — Trifolium repens
  • Ossetian: тӕрхъусгӕрдӕг (tærqusgærdæg) — Trifolium repens
  • Polish: koniczyna biała — Trifolium repens
  • Portuguese: trevo-branco — Trifolium repens
  • Romanian: trifoi alb — Trifolium repens
  • Russian: бе́лый кле́вер (bélyj kléver) — Trifolium repens
  • Russian: кашка (kaška) — Trifolium repens
  • Slovak: ďatelina plazivá — Trifolium repens
  • Slovene: plazeča detelja — Trifolium repens
  • Lower Sorbian: běła źiśelina — Trifolium repens
  • Upper Sorbian: běły dźećel — Trifolium repens
  • Spanish: trébol blanco — Trifolium repens
  • Swedish: vitklöver — Trifolium repens
  • Turkish: ak üçgül — Trifolium repens
  • Welsh: meillion gwyn(ion) — Trifolium repens