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SHAMROCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
Synonyms:
hop clover; lesser yellow trefoil; shamrock; Trifolium dubium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shamrock" is a kind of...):
clover; trefoil (a plant of the genus Trifolium)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
Synonyms:
dutch clover; shamrock; Trifolium repens; white clover
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("shamrock" is a kind of...):
clover; trefoil (a plant of the genus Trifolium)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
Synonyms:
common wood sorrel; cuckoo bread; Oxalis acetosella; shamrock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("shamrock" is a kind of...):
oxalis; sorrel; wood sorrel (any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis)
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