heart clover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.

Word forms

heart clover heart clovers heart-clover heartclover

Etymology

From Middle English hartclaver, herte clovre, heortclæfre, from Old English heortclǣfre, equivalent to heart + clover.

Synonyms

spotted medick spotted burclover
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