Shamrock

['ʃæmrɒk] or ['ʃæmrɑk]

解釋/意思:

(n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

整理:温弗雷德

同義詞及近義詞：

n. White trefoil, white clover (Trifolium repens).

整理:谢尔登

解釋/意思:

n. the national emblem of Ireland a leaf with three leaflets or plant having such leaves sometimes supposed to be the Wood-sorrel but the name is more frequently applied to some species of Clover or to some common plant of some of the nearly allied genera as the Bird's Foot Trefoil or the Black Medick. The Lesser Yellow Trefoil is the plant usually sold in Dublin on St Patrick's Day.

編輯:米考伯