clover

1. A plant of the genus Trifolium (synset 111773047)
   is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
   subtypes:

   • alpine clover, trifolium alpinum - European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers
   • hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, shamrock, trifolium dubium - clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
   • crimson clover, italian clover, trifolium incarnatum - southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage
   • purple clover, red clover, trifolium pratense - erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
   • buffalo clover, trifolium reflexum, trifolium stoloniferum - clover of western United States
   • dutch clover, shamrock, trifolium repens, white clover - creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
   belongs to: genus trifolium, trifolium - any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
   same as: trefoil

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