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heart clover

heart clover noun: a flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.

heart clover: a flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the...
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Noun

heart clover (plural heart clovers)

  1. A flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.
    Synonyms:
    spotted medick, spotted burclover

Synonyms of heart clover

  • spotted medick
  • spotted burclover

Forms of heart clover

pluralheart clovers
alternative formheart-clover
alternative formheartclover

Origin of heart clover

From Middle English hartclaver, herte clovre, heortclæfre, from Old English heortclǣfre, equivalent to heart + clover.

Questions about heart clover

What does heart clover mean?
Heart clover means a flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.
What part of speech is heart clover?
Heart clover is a noun.
What is the plural of heart clover?
The plural of heart clover is heart clovers.

Words near heart clover in the dictionary

  1. heart cakes
  2. heart cam
  3. heart cams
  4. heart check
  5. heart checks
  6. heart clover
  7. heart clovers
  8. heart disease
  9. heart diseases
  10. heart eyes
  11. heart failure

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