| slovo | definícia |
in clover
(encz) | in clover, |
In clover
(gcide) | Clover \Clo"ver\ (kl[=o]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS.
cl[=ae]fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee,
Sw. kl["o]fver.] (Bot.)
A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the
common red clover, Trifolium pratense, the white,
Trifolium repens, and the hare's foot, Trifolium arvense.
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Clover weevil (Zool.) a small weevil (Apion apricans),
that destroys the seeds of clover.
Clover worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth ({Asopia
costalis}), often very destructive to clover hay.
In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate.
[Colloq.]
Sweet clover. See Meliot.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
in clover
(encz) | in clover, |
pin clover
(encz) | pin clover, n: |
pin clover
(wn) | pin clover
n 1: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and
Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike
leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by
slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for
forage [syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria,
alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass,
pin clover, Erodium cicutarium] |
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