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Meanings of shamrock in English

Portuguese
trevo
Wikidata

Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage.

        trevo
        Portuguese
        trevo
        Catalan
        shamrock
        Spanish
        shamrock

        Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock.

              trevo

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

                    Usage of shamrock in English
                    1
                    It could never happen on aircraft sporting the £8 million italicised shamrock!
                    The Irish Times
                    2
                    The embroidered shamrock stickers have been raising money for almost 20 years.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    Supermarket shoppers in Britain can now enjoy a limited edition shamrock-flavoured variety.
                    The Irish Times
                    4
                    Every one who wants to do the correct thing wears shamrock today.
                    Up in Ardmuirland
                    5
                    When you arrive in Montserrat they stamp your passport with a shamrock.
                    Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
                    6
                    It normally has a clump or small shamrock-like heads and two-inch roots.
                    The Irish Times
                    7
                    The word shamrock comes from seamróg, the Irish name young clover.
                    The Irish Times
                    8
                    Also introduced the brogue and the shamrock into the Emerald Isle.
                    Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
                    9
                    So expect much shamrock-shaped love and many fine baroque pop songs.
                    The Irish Times
                    10
                    Like all true shamrock, it was grown in the Emerald Isle.
                    Up in Ardmuirland
                    11
                    The emblem should be a shamrock held by the Red Hand of Ulster.
                    The Irish Times
                    12
                    The logo could be a shamrock with a red light in the centre.
                    The Irish Times
                    13
                    I looked closer: it was the faint outline of a shamrock.
                    The devil and sherlock holmes: tales of murder, madness, and obs...
                    14
                    There was also the controversy over Brand Ireland and the shamrock.
                    The Irish Times
                    15
                    SO Bord Failte might be losing its shamrock; not necessarily a bad thing.
                    The Irish Times
                    16
                    Stone walls are surely as iconically Irish as the harp, shamrock or wolfhound.
                    The Irish Times
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                    Translations for shamrock
                    Portuguese
                    trevo
                    Catalan
                    shamrock
                    Spanish
                    shamrock
                    Shamrock through the time
                    Shamrock across language varieties
                    Ireland
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