Dutch clover
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Dutch clover
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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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
T. repens, white or Dutch clover, is a perennial abundant in meadows and good pastures.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
Here, close at hand, were warm meadows, with calves and lambs cropping the sweet-scented Dutch clover.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various
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
The common Dutch clover and its varieties were introduced into Ireland two hundred years ago from England and are not Irish at all!
From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
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