Clover Meaning
/ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
nounThe second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
Sentence Examples
Meg found a four leaf clover.
Then they played Jump The Daisies and Run Through The Clover.
Bees were buzzing in the clover.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The field was covered in green ____ and buzzing with bees.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Finding a four-leaf ____ is considered to be very lucky tonight.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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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CEFR Practice Quiz
The field was covered in green ____ and buzzing with bees.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Finding a four-leaf ____ is considered to be very lucky tonight.