clover

/ˈkloʊvər/

/ˈklʌʊvə/

Other forms: clovers

A clover is a small plant with bright green leaves and white or purple flowers. It's considered good luck to find a four-leaf clover!

Most clover features clusters of three rounded leaves, and very rarely there are four. Because it's so uncommon to find a four-leaf clover, it's become a symbol of luck. And just imagine how lucky the even rarer five- and six-leaf clovers are! The clover plant produces pretty little flowers, and while it's sometimes considered a weed, it's also commonly included in grassy lawns for its bright color and heartiness.

Definitions of clover

1. noun

   a plant of the genus Trifolium
   synonyms: trefoil

   types:

   Trifolium alpinum, alpine clover

   European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers

   Trifolium dubium, hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, shamrock

   clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock

   Italian clover, Trifolium incarnatum, crimson clover

   southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage

   Trifolium pratense, purple clover, red clover

   erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover

   Trifolium reflexum, Trifolium stoloniferum, buffalo clover

   clover of western United States

   Trifolium repens, dutch clover, shamrock, white clover

   creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests