English Explanatory Dictionary

clover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
  2. The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. A township in Henry County, Illinois.
  4. Four townships in Minnesota, in Clearwater County, Hubbard County, Mahnomen County and Pine County.
  5. An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
  6. A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
  7. A town in York County, South Carolina.
  8. A census-designated place in Halifax County, Virginia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia.
  10. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, named after Clover Creek.
  11. A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
  12. An unincorporated community in the town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Pronunciation

/ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clover.wav /ˈkloʊ.vɚ/ /ˈkləʉ.və(ɹ)/

Word forms

clover clovers claver

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.

Derived words

Bokhara clover brown clover bush clover Caucasian clover clover clamp Cloverdale clovered Clover Flat clover grass cloverleaf cloverlike clover louse clover mite clover weevil clover worm clovery Cooper clover crimson clover Dutch clover Egyptian clover four-leaf clover four-leafed clover four-leaved clover hart's clover heart clover hop clover in clover jackass clover Japan clover Japanese clover kura clover lemon clover like a bee in clover like a pig in clover like pigs in clover lucky clover lupine clover Menindee clover mountain carpet clover owl's clover prairie clover rare as a four-leaf clover red clover rolling in clover round-headed bush clover snail clover Spanish clover strawberry clover sub clover subterranean clover suckling clover sweet clover sweet-clover water clover white clover
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