white clover

white clover
noun Date: before 12th century a Eurasian clover (Trifolium repens) with round heads of white flowers that is widely used in lawn and pasture grass-seed mixtures and is an important source of nectar for bees — called also white Dutch clover

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  • white clover — white′ clo′ver n. pln a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows • Etymology: bef. 1100 …   From formal English to slang

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  • white clover — noun creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage • Syn: ↑dutch clover, ↑shamrock, ↑Trifolium repens • Hypernyms: ↑clover, ↑trefoil …   Useful english dictionary

  • white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows. See illus. under clover. [bef. 1100; ME; OE] * * * …   Universalium

  • white clover — noun a species of clover, Trifolium repens, native to much of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia and introduced elsewhere as a pasture crop. Syn: Dutch clover …   Wiktionary

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