white clover

noun

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

white clover

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of white clover¹

before 1100; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

The hills ahead were clothed in a beautiful green, sprinkled thickly with the white clover so dear to the bovine tongue.

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A few feet away a bunch of white clover blossomed: a honey bee was searching it.

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Likewise there are but a few parcels whereon white clover does not grow spontaneously and in the greatest abundance.

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White clover is unsuitable for hay; it shrinks so much in drying, that it is very unproductive.

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The grove would afford a good place for fowls, while the blossoms would be nearly equal to white clover for honey.

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