heart clover

noun

A flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.

Similar
spotted medickspotted burclover
OriginMiddle English hartclaver ← Old English heortclǣfre →
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Meanings

nounheart clover (plural heart clovers)

plural heart clovers · alternative heart-clover · alternative heartclover

  1. A flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.

    Synonyms: spotted medick, spotted burclover

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.

Similar
spotted medickspotted burclover

Origin

  1. Old Englishheortclǣfre
  2. Middle Englishhartclaver
  3. Englishheart clover

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

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APA

heart clover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20clover

MLA

“heart clover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20clover. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart clover,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20clover.

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