Trifolium repens

Trifolium repens
    n 1: creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and
         bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely
         grown for forage [syn: {white clover}, {dutch clover},
         {shamrock}, {Trifolium repens}]
    

Shamrock \Sham"rock\, n. [L. seamrog, seamar, trefoil, white
   clover, white honeysuckle; akin to Gael. seamrag.] (Bot.)
   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.
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   Note: The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel
         ({Oxalis Acetocella}); but now the name is given to the
         white clover ({Trifolium repens}), and the black medic
         ({Medicago lupulina}).
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Dutch \Dutch\, a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig.,
   popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG.
   diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS.
   pe['o]d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta
   land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have
   applied the name especially to the Germanic people living
   nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
   Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
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   {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.

   {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
      milk.

   {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
      yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.

   {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
      repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
      England from Holland.

   {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
      sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]

   {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
      --Marryat.

   {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
      arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
      while the upper part remains open.

   {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, or {Dutch gold}, a kind of brass
      rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
      Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch
      mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze leaf}.
      

   {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
      {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
      odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
      olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
      because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
      Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.

   {Dutch oven}, a tin screen for baking before an open fire or
      kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron
      kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.

   {Dutch pink}, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in
      distemper, and for paper staining. etc. --Weale.

   {Dutch rush} (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or
      {Equisetum} ({Equisetum hyemale}) having a rough,
      siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; --
      called also {scouring rush}, and {shave grass}. See
      {Equisetum}.

   {Dutch tile}, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly
      much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the
      like.
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   Note: Dutch was formerly used for German.
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               Germany is slandered to have sent none to this
               war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that
               other pilgrims, passing through that country,
               were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for
               their pains.                       --Fuller.
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Clover \Clo"ver\ (kl[=o]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS.
   cl[=ae]fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee,
   Sw. kl["o]fver.] (Bot.)
   A plant of different species of the genus {Trifolium}; as the
   common red clover, {Trifolium pratense}, the white,
   {Trifolium repens}, and the hare's foot, {Trifolium arvense}.
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   {Clover weevil} (Zool.) a small weevil ({Apion apricans}),
      that destroys the seeds of clover.

   {Clover worm} (Zool.), the larva of a small moth ({Asopia
      costalis}), often very destructive to clover hay.

   {In clover}, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate.
      [Colloq.]

   {Sweet clover}. See {Meliot}.
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