clover
clover Lexical Profile
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• noun
Any of several related leguminous plants of the family Fabaceae, such as sweet clover (genus Melilotus) or bush clover (genus Lespedeza), widely cultivated as nitrogen-fixing cover crops and livestock forage.
"The farmer planted a field of clover in the autumn to enrich the soil with nitrogen and provide hay for the cattle."
Any of various low-growing herbaceous leguminous plants of the genus Trifolium, native primarily to temperate regions, characterized by compound leaves typically divided into three leaflets and dense, rounded flower heads of small white, pink, red, or yellow blossoms.
"Honeybees buzzed busily among the fragrant white blossoms of the clover in the summer meadow."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from Old English 'clafre' or 'clæfre', of West Germanic origin and related to Dutch 'klaver' and German 'Klee'.
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