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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 forageplay

2. Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowersplay

3. clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrockplay

  Familiarity information: SHAMROCK used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHAMROCK (noun)


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...):

clover; trefoil (a plant of the genus Trifolium)


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