Clover Definition
klōvər
clovers
noun
clovers
Any of a genus (Trifolium) of low-growing plants of the pea family, usually with leaves of three leaflets and small flowers in dense heads.
Webster's New World
Any similar plant of the pea family.
Webster's New World
A leaf of any of these plants, with a (specified) number of leaflets.
A four-leaf clover.
Webster's New World
idiom
in clover
- Living a carefree life of ease, comfort, or prosperity.
American Heritage
in clover
- living a life of ease and luxury, as cattle in good pasture
Webster's New World
Origin of Clover
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Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-Germanic *klaibrǭ (compare Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer, Dutch klaver, dialectal Low German Kleeber, Kleewer), enlargement of *klaiwaz (compare Plautdietsch Kjlee, German Klee), from Proto-Indo-European *glei- (“to stick”) (compare Old Church Slavonic [script?] (glěvŭ, “slime”), Ancient Greek γλοιός (gloiós, “glue, tar”)). More at cleave, clay.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English clāfre
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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