Clover

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clover¹

  • /ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈkloʊ.vɚ/ US
  • /ˈkləʉ.və(ɹ)/ Australia

Rhymes with -əʊvə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer, Low German Klaver, Klever, Dutch klaver, all “clover”. More distantly also related with German Klee.

noun clovers · claver

  1. A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers. He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills.
  2. The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.

Clover²

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name.
  3. A township in Henry County, Illinois.
  4. Four townships in Minnesota, in Clearwater County, Hubbard County, Mahnomen County and Pine County.
  5. An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
  6. A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
  7. A town in York County, South Carolina.
  8. A census-designated place in Halifax County, Virginia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia.
  10. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, named after Clover Creek.
  11. A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
  12. An unincorporated community in the town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

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