shamrock (n.)

  1. creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage

    [ Syn: white clover , dutch clover , trifolium repens ]

  2. Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers

    [ Syn: common wood sorrel , cuckoo bread , oxalis acetosella ]

  3. clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock

    [ Syn: hop clover , lesser yellow trefoil , trifolium dubium ]

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