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WATER CLOVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water clover mean?
• WATER CLOVER (noun)
The noun WATER CLOVER has 1 sense:
1. water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
Familiarity information: WATER CLOVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Marsilea quadrifolia; water clover
Hypernyms ("water clover" is a kind of...):
clover fern; pepperwort (any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets)
Holonyms ("water clover" is a member of...):
genus Marsilea; Marsilea (clover ferns)
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