Shamrock

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several plants, such as a clover or wood sorrel, having compound leaves with three small leaflets, considered the national emblem of Ireland.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant.
  • n. Any of several small plants, forms of clover, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant with trifoliate leaves: the national emblem of Ireland.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
  • n. creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
  • n. clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sorrel    wood sorrel    Oxalis    clover    trefoil   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trefoil    clover   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts