clover

See also: Clover and clóver

English
zigzag clover (Trifolium medium)

Etymology

From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer (“clover”), West Frisian klaver (“clover”), Dutch klaver (“clover”), German Low German Klaver (“clover”), German Klee (“clover”).

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clover (plural clovers)

  1. A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
    • 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “[A Paraphrase upon the Second Booke of the Psalmes of David.] Psalme LXV.”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC, page 101:
      He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills.
  2. (cartomancy) The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.

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  • → Catalan: clóver

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