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SHAMROCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shamrock mean?
• SHAMROCK (noun)
The noun SHAMROCK has 3 senses:
1. creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
2. Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
3. clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
Familiarity information: SHAMROCK used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
dutch clover; shamrock; Trifolium repens; white clover
Hypernyms ("shamrock" is a kind of...):
clover; trefoil (a plant of the genus Trifolium)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common wood sorrel; cuckoo bread; Oxalis acetosella; shamrock
Hypernyms ("shamrock" is a kind of...):
oxalis; sorrel; wood sorrel (any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hop clover; lesser yellow trefoil; shamrock; Trifolium dubium
Hypernyms ("shamrock" is a kind of...):
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