clover

Meaning

Noun

• A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
• The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• shamrock
• trefoil

Origin

• From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer, West Frisian klaver, Dutch klaver, German Low German Klaver, German Klee.