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hop clover

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As a noun, hop clover means prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods.

Meanings of hop clover

2 meanings

noun

  1. Prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North Americaplant

    Similar: black medick, yellow trefoil, nonesuch clover, Medicago lupulina
  2. Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrockplant

    Similar: shamrock, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

noun: prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and cur…
black medickyellow trefoilnonesuch cloverMedicago lupulina
noun: clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often co…
shamrocklesser yellow trefoilTrifolium dubium

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