clover, trefoil
(noun) a plant of the genus Trifolium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Clover
A surname.
A town in South Carolina.
A town in Wisconsin.
• Velcro, velcro
clover (plural clovers)
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
(cartomancy) The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
• shamrock
• trefoil
• Velcro, velcro
Source: Wiktionary
Clo"ver, n. Etym: [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of differend species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense. Clover weevil (Zoöl.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover.
РClover worm (Zo̦l.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay.
– In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] - - Sweet clover. See Meliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
