Clover
//ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)// name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 a plant of the genus Trifolium wordnet
- 3 The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
- 3 A place in the United States:; A town in York County, South Carolina.
- 4 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Halifax County, Virginia.
- 5 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia.
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- 6 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, named after Clover Creek.
- 7 A place in the United States:; A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
- 8 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Example
More examples"Then they played Jump The Daisies and Run Through The Clover."
Etymology
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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