clover

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UK/ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/US/ˈkloʊ.vɚ/Australia/ˈkləʉ.və(ɹ)/

noun

A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

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Meanings

clover1

nounclover (plural clovers)

plural clovers · alternative claver

  1. A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

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    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
  2. cartomancyThe second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.

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Synonyms & antonyms

nouna plant of the genus Trifolium

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Broader
herbherbaceous plant

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Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*klaibrā
  2. Old Englishclāfre
  3. Middle Englishclovere
  4. Englishclover

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

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Translations

Afrikaans klawer
  • klawerplant in genus Trifolium
Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον
  • τρίφυλλον (tríphullon)plant in genus Trifolium
Arabic نَفَل
  • نَفَل (nafal)plant in genus Trifolium
Bulgarian детели́на
  • детели́на (detelína)plant in genus Trifolium
Catalan trèvol
  • trèvolplant in genus Trifolium
Chinese Cantonese 三葉草 /三叶草
  • 三葉草 /三叶草 (saam¹ jip⁶ cou²)plant in genus Trifolium
Chinese Mandarin 三葉草 /三叶草, 苜
  • 三葉草 /三叶草 (sānyècǎo)plant in genus Trifolium
  • 苜 (mù)plant in genus Trifolium
Czech jetel
  • jetelplant in genus Trifolium
Danish kløver
  • kløverplant in genus Trifolium
Dutch klaver
  • klaverplant in genus Trifolium
Esperanto trifolio
  • trifolioplant in genus Trifolium
Estonian ristikhein
  • ristikheinplant in genus Trifolium
Finnish apila
  • apilaplant in genus Trifolium
French trèfle
  • trèfleplant in genus Trifolium
German Klee
  • Kleeplant in genus Trifolium
Greek τριφύλλι
  • τριφύλλι (trifýlli)plant in genus Trifolium
Hebrew תִּלְתָּן
  • תִּלְתָּן (tiltán)plant in genus Trifolium
Hindi तिपतिया
  • तिपतिया (tipatiyā)plant in genus Trifolium
Hungarian lóhere
  • lóhereplant in genus Trifolium
Icelandic smári
  • smáriplant in genus Trifolium
Indonesian semanggi
  • semanggiplant in genus Trifolium
Irish seamair
  • seamairplant in genus Trifolium
Italian trifoglio
  • trifoglioplant in genus Trifolium
Japanese クローバー, 白詰草
  • クローバー (kurōbā)plant in genus Trifolium
  • 白詰草 (shirotsumekusa)plant in genus Trifolium
  • 車軸草 (shajikusō)plant in genus Trifolium
Korean 클로버
  • 클로버 (keullobeo)plant in genus Trifolium
Latin trifolium, cytisus
  • trifoliumplant in genus Trifolium
  • cytisusplant in genus Trifolium
Latvian āboliņš
  • āboliņšplant in genus Trifolium
Lithuanian dobilas
  • dobilasplant in genus Trifolium
Malay semanggi
  • semanggiplant in genus Trifolium
Māori korouwa, koroua
  • korouwaplant in genus Trifolium
  • korouaplant in genus Trifolium
  • korowaplant in genus Trifolium
Norwegian Bokmål kløver
  • kløverplant in genus Trifolium
Persian شبدر
  • شبدر (šabdar)plant in genus Trifolium
Polish koniczyna, dzięcielina
  • koniczynaplant in genus Trifolium
  • dzięcielinaplant in genus Trifolium
Portuguese trevo
  • trevoplant in genus Trifolium
Romanian trifoi
  • trifoiplant in genus Trifolium
Russian кле́вер
  • кле́вер (kléver)plant in genus Trifolium
Scottish Gaelic seamrag
  • seamragplant in genus Trifolium
Slovak ďatelina
  • ďatelinaplant in genus Trifolium
Spanish trébol
  • trébolplant in genus Trifolium
Swedish klöver
  • klöverplant in genus Trifolium
Tagalog klober
  • kloberplant in genus Trifolium
Thai โคลเวอร์
  • โคลเวอร์plant in genus Trifolium
Turkish yonca, tirfil
  • yoncaplant in genus Trifolium
  • tirfilplant in genus Trifolium
  • üçgülplant in genus Trifolium
Ukrainian конюши́на
  • конюши́на (konjušýna)plant in genus Trifolium
Vietnamese cỏ ba lá
  • cỏ ba láplant in genus Trifolium
Welsh meillion
  • meillionplant in genus Trifolium
Yiddish קאָנישינע
  • קאָנישינע (konishine)plant in genus Trifolium

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Cite this entry
APA

clover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clover

MLA

“clover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clover. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clover,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clover.

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