Meanings
clover1
plural clovers · alternative claver
- A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
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.
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 - cartomancyThe second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
Clover2
- A surname.
- A female given name.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A township in Henry County, Illinois.
- Four townships in Minnesota, in Clearwater County, Hubbard County, Mahnomen County and Pine County.
- A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in York County, South Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, named after Clover Creek.
- A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*klaibrā
- Old Englishclāfre
- Middle Englishclovere
- 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.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →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
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with clover
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
clover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clover
“clover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clover. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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