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ˈfour-leaved, a.
[f. four + leaf + -ed2.]
Having four leaves.
1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Four-leaved tendril. 1839S. Lover Four-leaved Shamrock 1 I'll seek a four-leaved shamrock in all the fairy dells. 1847Longfellow Ev. i. iii. 19 The marvellous powers of four-leaved clover.
b. four-leaved grass: † (a) a four-leaved variety of Trifolium repens; (b) the plant Paris quadrifolia.
c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 152/1 Quadrafolium, fowr⁓leuedgras. 1597Gerarde Herbal 1029 The other is called Lotus quadrifolia, or fower leafed Grasse, or purple Woort. 1640Parkinson Theat. Bot. 1112 Quadrifolium fuscum. Fower leafed or purple grass. 1863Prior Plant-n. 86 Four leaved grass..the Herb Trulove, Paris quadrifolia. |