hop clover
noun
a trefoil, Trifolium campestre, having withered, yellow flowers that resemble the strobiles of a hop.
Origin of hop clover
1First recorded in 1670–80
Words Nearby hop clover
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How to use hop clover in a sentence
With this is mixed the little hop-clover, and the sucklings, and other tiny gold-dust blossoms.
The Naturalist on the Thames | C. J. Cornish
British Dictionary definitions for hop clover
hop clover
noun
the US name for hop trefoil
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