clover
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three leaflets and…A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
» Tom found a four-leaf clover.
Tom hat ein vierblättriges Kleeblatt gefunden. — wolfgangth
Том нашёл клевер с четырьмя листиками. — Wezel
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2 sensesA plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
Klee
кле́верkléver
конюши́наkonjušýna
a plant of the genus Trifolium
The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
Examples
28 sentencesTom found a four-leaf clover.
ruТом нашёл клевер с четырьмя листиками. — Wezel
deTom hat ein vierblättriges Kleeblatt gefunden. — wolfgangth
Have you ever found a four-leaf clover?
ruВы когда-нибудь находили четырёхлистный клевер? — sharptoothed
deHast du schon mal ein vierblättriges Kleeblatt gefunden? — Dejo
I saw honey bees buzzing in the clover.
Forage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.
Clover makes a good cover crop.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-WFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: cloversSynonyms
1 synonyms- a plant of the genus Trifolium:trefoil