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clover

[kloh-ver] / ˈkloʊ vər /










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Now, Lowry no longer needs a four-leaf clover in his pocket as he tries to win his first green jacket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Home to hundreds of different flowers, the hillsides of Conejo Open Space are covered in yellow monkeyflowers, lupine, California poppies and owl’s clover.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

A small group of plants, including peas, clover, and beans, can grow without added nitrogen.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025

Legume hordes like clover pull nitrogen from the air, reducing the use of chemical fertilisers, and the milking parlour is 80-percent solar- and wind-powered.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025

They found her on her stomach by the for- sythia bushes calling Hannah’s name and dragging her body through the sweet peas and clover that grew under die forsythia by the side of the house.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

Anyone stuck in a knotted snarl of interstate clovers knows that GPS is both important and imperfect.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2024

Instead she spent her childhood roaming the countryside, hunting for clovers to feed the rabbits on the farm.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023

"Lucky charms but when it only had orange stars, yellow moons, pink hearts and green clovers," wrote user u/Cluefuljewel.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023

It came among baggy jeans with rhinestoned four-leaf clovers.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

He went on with his ball-juggling, scowling with concentration—knee, foot, head, foot—while I sat there picking away at clovers and gazing at the woods in the distance that we’d once been so frightened of.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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