hop clover


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hop clover

n.
Any of several clovers having small yellow flower heads that resemble hops when withered, especially Trifolium aureum.
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hop clover

n
(Plants) the US name for hop trefoil
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Noun1.hop clover - prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black podshop clover - prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
black medick, Medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil
medic, medick, trefoil - any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
2.hop clover - clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowershop clover - clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium, shamrock
clover, trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium
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