English > clover: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A plant of the genus Trifolium. |
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| Synonym | trefoil |
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| Member of | Trifolium, genus Trifolium | Any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets |
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| Narrower | alpine clover, Trifolium alpinum | European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers |
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| buffalo clover, Trifolium reflexum, Trifolium stoloniferum | clover of western United States |
| crimson clover, Italian clover, Trifolium incarnatum | southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower |
| hop clover, shamrock, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium | clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers |
| red clover, purple clover, Trifolium pratense | Erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers |
| white clover, dutch clover, shamrock, Trifolium repens | Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | trébol, trifolium |
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| Catalan | trèvol |
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