hop clover

hop clover

n. Any of several clovers having small yellow flower heads that resemble hops when withered, especially Trifolium aureum.

hop clover

n (Plants) the US name for hop trefoil

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Noun	1.	hop clover - prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North Americablack medick, Medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoilmedic, medick, trefoil - any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
	2.	hop clover - clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrocklesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium, shamrockclover, trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium