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shamrock
(encz) | shamrock,jetel n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shamrock
(gcide) | Shamrock \Sham"rock\, n. [L. seamrog, seamar, trefoil, white
clover, white honeysuckle; akin to Gael. seamrag.] (Bot.)
A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish.
The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for
use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel
(Oxalis Acetocella); but now the name is given to the
white clover (Trifolium repens), and the black medic
(Medicago lupulina).
[1913 Webster] |
shamrock
(wn) | 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,
shamrock, Trifolium repens]
2: Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white
purple-veined flowers [syn: common wood sorrel, {cuckoo
bread}, shamrock, Oxalis acetosella]
3: clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often
considered the true or original shamrock [syn: hop clover,
shamrock, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium] |
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shamrock pea
(encz) | shamrock pea, n: |
water shamrock
(encz) | water shamrock, n: |
Shamrock
(gcide) | Shamrock \Sham"rock\, n. [L. seamrog, seamar, trefoil, white
clover, white honeysuckle; akin to Gael. seamrag.] (Bot.)
A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish.
The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for
use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel
(Oxalis Acetocella); but now the name is given to the
white clover (Trifolium repens), and the black medic
(Medicago lupulina).
[1913 Webster] |
water shamrock
(gcide) | bogbean \bogbean\ n.
a perennial plant of Europe and America ({Menyanthes
trifoliata}) having racemes of white or purplish flowers and
intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at the
water margin and spreading across the surface; -- called also
bog myrtle, water shamrock and marsh trefoil.
Syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil.
[WordNet 1.5] |
shamrock pea
(wn) | shamrock pea
n 1: trailing trifoliate Asiatic and African herb having cobalt
blue flowers [syn: shamrock pea, Parochetus communis] |
water shamrock
(wn) | water shamrock
n 1: perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of
white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate
leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across
the surface [syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean,
bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata] |
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