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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun clover has 1 sense

clover(n = noun.plant) trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium;

is a member of genus trifolium, trifolium

has particulars: alpine clover, trifolium alpinum, hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, shamrock, trifolium dubium, crimson clover, italian clover, trifolium incarnatum, purple clover, red clover, trifolium pratense, buffalo clover, trifolium reflexum, trifolium stoloniferum, dutch clover, shamrock, trifolium repens, white clover

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

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CIDE DICTIONARY

clover, n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. klöfver.].

A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, Trifolium pratense, the white, Trifolium repens, and the hare's foot, Trifolium arvense. [1913 Webster]

Clover weevil (Zoöl.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover. -- Clover worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay. -- In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] -- Sweet clover. See Meliot.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

clover, n. any leguminous fodder plant of the genus Trifolium, having dense flower heads and leaves each consisting of usu. three leaflets.

Idiom

clover leaf a junction of roads intersecting at different levels with connecting sections forming the pattern of a four-leaved clover. in clover in ease and luxury.

Etymology

OE clafre f. Gmc

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THESAURUS

clover
Easy Street, affluence, bed of roses, comfort, contentment, deuce-ace, ease, easy circumstances, felicity, fleshpots, gracious life, gracious living, happiness, lap of luxury, leash, life of ease, loaves and fishes, luxury, prosperity, prosperousness, security, set of three, shamrock, solid comfort, success, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, the affluent life, the good life, three, threesome, thriving condition, tierce, trefoil, trey, triad, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogy, trimester, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triunity, trivet, troika, upward mobility, velvet, weal, wealth, welfare, well-being

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Physical Pleasure
N physical pleasure, pleasure, physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality, luxuriousness, dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease, pillow, luxury, lap of luxury, purple and fine linen, bed of downs, bed of roses, velvet, clover, cup of Circe, treat, refreshment, regale, feast, delice, dainty, bonne bouche, source of pleasure, happiness, enjoying, luxurious, voluptuous, sensual, comfortable, cosy, snug, in comfort, at ease, pleasant, agreeable, in comfort, on a bed of roses, at one's ease, ride si sapis, voluptales commendat rarior usus.