clover
nounUK /ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/ · US /ˈkloʊ.vɚ/
Etymology From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer, Low German Klaver, Klever, Dutch klaver, all “clover”. More distantly also related with German Klee.
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A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
- He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills.1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “[A Paraphrase upon the Second Booke of the Psalmes of David.] Psalme LXV.”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC, page 101:
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Cartomancy, Human sciences, Mysticism, Philosophy, Sciences The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
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