Clover
['kləʊvə] or ['klovɚ]
Definition
(n.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense.
Checked by Darren
Definition
n. a genus of plants containing a great number of species natives chiefly of temperate climates affording rich pasturage.—adj. Clov′ered covered with clover.—n. Clov′er-grass clover.—adj. Clov′ery abounding in clover.—Live in clover to live luxuriously or in abundance.
Editor: Rosalie
Unserious Contents or Definition
Walking through fields of fragrant clover is a propitious dream. It brings all objects desired into the reach of the dreamer. Fine crops is portended for the farmer and wealth for the young. Blasted fields of clover brings harrowing and regretful sighs. To dream of clover, foretells prosperity will soon enfold you. For a young woman to dream of seeing a snake crawling through blossoming clover, foretells she will be early disappointed in love, and her surroundings will be gloomy and discouraging, though to her friends she seems peculiarly fortunate.
Checker: McDonald
Examples
- Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This and fresh-cut clover, the crushed sage as you ride after cattle, wood-smoke and the burning leaves of autumn. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They sow all kinds of grain,--wheat, clover, and superphosphate, if need be, at once. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It's a pleasant spot; and a man with coals and candles and a pound a week might be in clover here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- From the Middle West and Eastern states comes the matchless white clover honey, basswood and the dark aromatic buckwheat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This crude machine has in late years been many times re-invented, and it finds a special application to-day for the gathering of clover seeds, and is called a header. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- To fill a silo with clover is indeed a most simple process. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- That machine is substantially the machine that is used to-day for cutting and gathering clover heads to obtain the seed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It has been probably in this manner that the introduction of clover, turnips, carrots, cabbages, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The finest seeds, such as grass and clover, onion and turnip seed, and delicate seed like rice, are handled and sown by machines without crushing or bruising, and with the utmost exactness. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A crop of peas, beans, or clover is equivalent to nitrogenous fertilizer and helps to make ready the soil for other crops. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Well, there I was in clover, you will say. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Slow filling is without doubt the best method for securing good ensilage, no matter what material we are using, be it clover, long fodder-corn, or fodder cut fine. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- If clover is to be used I would recommend that a hay-loader be tried for the purpose of picking it up just as left by the mower. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Throughout the states east of the mountains and west of the Mississippi, are produced the well-known varieties of honey--alfalfa, sweet clover and other honeys from fall flowers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Inputed by Amanda