Dutch clover

American  

noun

1. white clover.

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Etymology

Origin of Dutch clover

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

White Dutch clover grows very, very short, so you can still use it for a functional lawn, and it would put food onto the landscape.

From Slate • May 19, 2023

We used a mixture of poa pratensis, timothy, and Dutch clover, and have abundant reason to be satisfied with the result.

From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle

Red top and Kentucky blue-grass in equal parts are best and, if white clover is desired, add about half as much white Dutch clover seed as red top.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Perhaps it is the Ulstermen who have set up the foreign "Dutch" clover to replace the true shamrock, the wood-sorrel.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir

The night-air was scented with the Dutch clover growing down by the shore.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various