Clo·ver n. Bot. 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.
Clover weevil Zool. a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover.
Clover worm Zool., 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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Trifolium pratense
n : erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple
to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
[syn: red clover, purple clover]