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clover
[ kloh-ver ]
noun
- any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- any of various plants of allied genera, as melilot.
clover
/ ˈkləʊvə /
noun
- any plant of the leguminous genus Trifolium, having trifoliate leaves and dense flower heads. Many species, such as red clover, white clover, and alsike, are grown as forage plants
- any of various similar or related plants
- sweet cloveranother name for melilot
- pin cloveranother name for alfilaria
- in clover informal.in a state of ease or luxury
Other Words From
- clovered adjective
- clover·y adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of clover1
Word History and Origins
Origin of clover1
Idioms and Phrases
- in clover, enjoying luxury or comfort; wealthy or well-off:
They struggled to make their fortune, and now they're in clover.
More idioms and phrases containing clover
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Example Sentences
In native prairies, dozens of grass species intermingled with clover, wildflowers, lichens and shrubs, their roots extending as far as 15 feet into the ground.
Tufts of chicory, alfalfa and clover are interspersed with the tall stands of Kernza.
Traditional grass lawns don’t provide flowers for pollinators, if anything, companies encourage landscapers to weed for clovers or to spray chemicals for “weeds” that may crop up.
Clarke also says that sustainable lawns that are mixed with plants like clover are more resistant to droughts.
After harvesting corn last fall, Hill immediately planted rye, turnips and clover in his fields.
Clover, Mia, Addison, and Jane have developed that typical lasting friendship that comes from rooming together freshman year.
Sunset Park, his newest clover, might be "the novel that brings him a broader readership," promises one early review.
They grew up as crop and dairy farmers in Iowa, tending corn, soy, alfalfa, hay, oats and clover.
Clover denies charges that eco-documentaries like End of the Line may overstate or exaggerate their case to raise awareness.
Clover, a longstanding environment campaigner, denies that this support may be a mere flash in the (eco) pan.
Occasionally the nucleus is irregular in shape, "clover-leaf" forms being not infrequent.
And being very fond of clover blossoms, Billy hated to spend his time digging.
"I couldn't pay anybody anything—unless it was clover-tops," he explained.
For the same reason, his clover cultivation becomes as useless.
The congregation reminds me of a clover field, with the butterflies hovering over its gaily-colored, bobbing heads.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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