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Shamrock (yacht)
WordNet
noun
(1) Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
(2) Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
(3) Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
WiktionaryText
English
Etymology
From , diminutive of .
Noun
- The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant.
- She wore a shamrock in honor of her Irish ancestry.
- Any of several small plants, forms of clover, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.
- The fields were covered with shamrocks.