alsike clover


al·sike clover

A0227800 (ăl′sīk′)n. A perennial European clover (Trifolium hybridum) with whitish or pink flowers, naturalized over much of North America and grown as a pasture and hay plant.
[After Alsike, near Uppsala in eastern Sweden.]

al′sike clo′ver

(ˈæl saɪk, -sɪk, ˈɔl-)
n. a European clover, Trifoliumhybridum, having pink flowers: grown widely for forage. Also called al′sike. [1850–55; after Alsike, near Uppsala, Sweden]