'Trifolium pratense' definitions:
Definition of 'Trifolium pratense'
(from WordNet)
noun
Erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover [syn: red clover, purple clover, Trifolium pratense]
Definition of 'Trifolium pratense'
From: GCIDE
- Clover \Clo"ver\ (kl[=o]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl[=ae]fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl["o]fver.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, Trifolium pratense, the white, Trifolium repens, and the hare's foot, Trifolium arvense. [1913 Webster]
- Clover weevil (Zool.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover.
- Clover worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth ({Asopia costalis}), often very destructive to clover hay.
- In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.]
- Sweet clover. See Meliot. [1913 Webster]