CLOVERLEAF

cloverleaf

(noun) an interchange that does not require left-hand turns

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cloverleaf (not comparable)

In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.

Noun

cloverleaf (plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) (see individual senses for plurals)

(with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant

(US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.

Verb

cloverleaf (third-person singular simple present cloverleafs, present participle cloverleafing, simple past and past participle cloverleafed)

(intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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