red clover

American  

noun

1. a clover, Trifolium pratense, having red flowers, grown for forage: the state flower of Vermont.

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red clover British  

noun

1. a leguminous plant, Trifolium pratense , native to Europe and Asia, frequently planted as a forage crop. It has fragrant red flowers and three-lobed compound leaves

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Etymology

Origin of red clover

before 900; Old English (not recorded in ME)

Example Sentences

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red clover

While crops like corn and soybeans are growing or soon after harvest, farmers can sow species such as rye or red clover that will grow through winter and into spring.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

Simply rotating oats into the Midwest's ruinous corn-soy duopoly — along with a legume like red clover — could go a long way toward ramping down that region's environmental wreckage.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022

There is even research that suggests eating plant oestrogens - contained in soy and red clover - could help with symptoms, and vitamin D supplements could improve bone health.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2022

“You can eat red clover raw in salad, drink it as a tea or fry it with a little butter and salt,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2019

We had twelve acres of alfalfa with timothy and red clover mixed in and some wild stuff that seeded itself.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck