Clover vs. Shamrock

Clovernoun

A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

Clovernoun

(cartomancy) The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.

Clovernoun

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.

Clovernoun

a plant of the genus Trifolium

Clover

Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus Trifolium (Latin, tres + folium ), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume or pea family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with highest diversity in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics.

Shamrocknoun

The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

Shamrocknoun

Any of several small plants, forms of clover, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.

Shamrocknoun

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.

Shamrocknoun

creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage

Shamrocknoun

Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white pink- or purple-veined flowers

Shamrocknoun

clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock

Shamrock

A shamrock is a young sprig, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity.