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heart clover

Today it means: A flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world. Full definition →

Middle English hartclaver ← Old English heortclǣfre

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Old English · inherited fromheortclǣfre
Middle English · inherited fromhartclaver
English todayheart clover

From Middle English hartclaver, herte clovre, heortclæfre, from Old English heortclǣfre, equivalent to heart + clover.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.