red clover

noun

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

Origin of red clover

before 900; Old English (not recorded in ME)

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Historical Examples of red clover

Red-clover hay is too dusty for horses, and too wasteful for cattle.
Soil Culture
J. H. Walden
Red-clover makes fair hay, though inferior to timothy or red-top.
Soil Culture
J. H. Walden
My little essay in red-clover, the last year, has had the most encouraging success.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Buffalo-clover resembles white-clover, but does not run on the 293 ground; the leaf as large as red-clover.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume X
Various

British Dictionary definitions for red clover

red clover

noun

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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