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

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

Our favorites include red clover, scarlet clover and fava beans.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021

“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