About The Word Shamrock
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Shamrock
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What's The Definition Of Shamrock?
[n] clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
[n] creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage [n] Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white pink- or purple-veined flowers Synonyms | Synonyms for Shamrock: common wood sorrel | cuckoo bread | dutch clover | hop clover | lesser yellow trefoil | Oxalis acetosella | Trifolium dubium | Trifolium repens | white clover Related Terms | Find terms related to Shamrock: See Also | clover | oxalis | sorrel | trefoil | wood sorrel Shamrock In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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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