Clover is a small plant with pink or white ball-shaped flowers.
...a four-leaf clover.
2.
See in clover
clover in British English
(ˈkləʊvə) or clovergrass (ˈkləʊvəˌɡrɑːs)
noun
1.
any plant of the leguminous genus Trifolium, having trifoliate leaves and dense flower heads. Many species, such as red clover, white clover, and alsike, are grown as forage plants
2.
any of various similar or related plants
3. sweet clover
4. pin clover
5. in clover
Word origin
Old English clāfre; related to Old High German klēo, Middle Low German klēver, Dutch klāver
clover in American English
(ˈkloʊvər)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Trifolium) of low-growing plants of the pea family, usually with leaves of three leaflets and small flowers in dense heads
see also red clover, white clover
2.
any similar plant of the pea family
see also sweet clover
3.
this leaf
Idioms:
in clover
Word origin
ME < OE clafre, akin to MLowG klāver, Ger klee < IE base *glei-, to stick: see clay
Fertility is built up through clover and other plants that fi x nitrogen.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The dried heads of the red clover are sold at most good herbal shops.
Guyton, Anita The Natural Beauty Book - cruelty-free cosmetics to make at home (1991)
White clover is in flower in the lawn and the bees love it.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
WHAT will get rid of white clover in my lawn?
The Sun (2015)
Write or draw a list of items for them to find, from a pine needle to a clover leaf.
The Sun (2013)
All related terms of 'clover'
in clover
If you say that someone is in clover , you mean that they are living a luxurious and comfortable life.
hop clover
any of a group of clovers with yellow flowers resembling hops when dry , esp. a species ( Trifolium agrarium ) commonly found in NE U.S.
pin clover
the European forage plant, Erodium cicutarium ; alfilaria
red clover
a leguminous plant, Trifolium pratense , native to Europe and Asia, frequently planted as a forage crop . It has fragrant red flowers and three-lobed compound leaves
alsike clover
a clover , Trifolium hybridum, native to Europe and Asia but widely cultivated as a forage crop . It has trifoliate leaves and pink or whitish flowers
alyce clover
a tropical perennial clover ( Alysicarpus vaginalis ) sometimes used as a cover crop and for fodder
Japan clover
an annual plant ( Lespedeza striata ) of the pea family, grown for hay and foliage in the SW U.S.
owl's-clover
any of a genus ( Orthocarpus ) of plants of the figwort family of W North and South America; esp., a California species ( O . purpurascens ) with red or purple upper leaves
sweet clover
any of a genus ( Melilotus ) of annual or biennial plants of the pea family, with small, white or yellow flowers, leaflets in groups of three, and single-seeded pods : grown for hay , forage , or green manure
white clover
a Eurasian clover plant, Trifolium repens, with rounded white flower heads: cultivated as a forage plant
crimson clover
an annual clover ( Trifolium incarnatum ) with elongated heads of deep-red flowers, often grown in the S U.S. as a cover or green-manure crop
Egyptian clover
a Mediterranean clover , Trifolium alexandrinum , grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
knotted clover
a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum , an annual clover with pale pink flowers
four-leaf clover
a clover with four leaves rather than three, supposed to bring good luck
hare's-foot clover
a leguminous annual plant, Trifolium arvense, that grows on sandy soils in Europe and NW Asia and has downy heads of white or pink flowers
alsike
a clover , Trifolium hybridum, native to Europe and Asia but widely cultivated as a forage crop . It has trifoliate leaves and pink or whitish flowers