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Shamrock

//ˈʃæm.ɹɑk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

    "She wore a shamrock in honor of her Irish ancestry."

  2. 2
    clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several species of small clover-like plant species, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.

    "The fields were covered with shamrocks."

  4. 4
    creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage wordnet
  5. 5
    Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers wordnet

Etymology

From Irish seamróg, from Old Irish semróc, diminutive of semar, semair (“clover”), from Proto-Celtic *semarā, *semaris (compare Gaulish uisumaris (“clover”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *semh₁r-, *smeh₁r-. Related to Old Norse smári (“clover”) and possibly Georgian სამყურა (samq̇ura, “clover”).

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