单词 | meadow clover |
释义 | > as lemmasmeadow clover meadow clover n. any of several clovers of grassland, esp. (a) zigzag clover, Trifolium medium (now rare); (b) (chiefly U.S.) red clover, T. pratense. ΚΠ 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved 177 I shall only speak of the great Claver, or Trefoyl we fetch from Flaunders called by Clusius, Trifolliummajus tertium, which bares the great red Honysuckle, whose leaf & branches far exceeds our natural Meadow Claver. 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 995/1 T[rifolium] medium (Perennial Red, or Meadow Clover, or Cow-grass) much resembles the T. pratense in botanical characters, but the root is of longer duration and rather more creeping. 1889 Cent. Dict. at Clover The red, purple, or meadow clover, T[rifolium] pratense, is extensively cultivated for fodder and as a fertilizer. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 562/2 T[rifolium] medium, meadow or zigzag clover, a perennial with straggling flexuous stems and rose-purple flowers, is of little agricultural value. 1971 A. Krochmal et al. Guide Medicinal Plants Appalachia 252 Trifolium pratense..meadow clover. < as lemmas |
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