white clover

American  

noun

1. a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.

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white clover British  

noun

1. a Eurasian clover plant, Trifolium repens, with rounded white flower heads: cultivated as a forage plant

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Etymology

Origin of white clover

before 1100; Middle English; Old English

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white clover

In Canada, a pasture mix of yarrow, white clover and Rocky Mountain fescue experienced less intense and slower-moving fires than those that burned through nearby grasslands.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023

Just planting white clover doesn’t encourage anything close to the level of biodiversity that Kings College achieved, and that diversity is key to generating the most positive impacts on a local environment.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 20, 2023

You can also mulch heavily and establish living ground cover using plants such as white clover, creeping thyme, creeping germander or bugleweed, which fill niches and retain moisture, Kiers says.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2022

Habitat loss and competition from invasive plants such as bluegrass and white clover nearly doomed running buffalo clover, one of the few native clovers in the eastern U.S.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

She picked bouquets of white clover in the lots believing they were the most beautiful flowers God ever made.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith