hart-cloverhart's clovern.
A name for Melilot.
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melilotOE
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c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 120 Ðeos wyrt þe man..heort-clæfre nemneð.
c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 644/36–7 Hoc trifolium, hartclauer. Hic sicassis, idem.
1664 R. Turner Βοτανολογία 199 In English Melilot, Kings Claver, and Harts Claver, because Deer delight to feed upon it.
1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 35 Hart-claver, melilot.
1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) Hart's Clover.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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