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BUFFALO CLOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buffalo clover mean? 

BUFFALO CLOVER (noun)
  The noun BUFFALO CLOVER has 2 senses:

1. low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United Statesplay

2. clover of western United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: BUFFALO CLOVER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUFFALO CLOVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bluebonnet; buffalo clover; Lupinus subcarnosus; Texas bluebonnet

Hypernyms ("buffalo clover" is a kind of...):

lupin; lupine (any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Clover of western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buffalo clover; Trifolium reflexum; Trifolium stoloniferum

Hypernyms ("buffalo clover" is a kind of...):

clover; trefoil (a plant of the genus Trifolium)


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