clover

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a plant of the genus Trifolium

Etymology

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.

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Synonyms

trefoil

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