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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
Synonyms
Examples for "hop clover"
Examples for "hop clover"
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With this is mixed the little hop -clover, and the sucklings, and other tiny gold-dust blossoms.
The Naturalist on the Thames

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

Usage of shamrock in English
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It could never happen on aircraft sporting the £8 million italicised shamrock!
The Irish Times
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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
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When you arrive in Montserrat they stamp your passport with a shamrock.
Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
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It normally has a clump or small shamrock-like heads and two-inch roots.
The Irish Times
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The word shamrock comes from seamróg, the Irish name young clover.
The Irish Times
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Also introduced the brogue and the shamrock into the Emerald Isle.
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
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So expect much shamrock-shaped love and many fine baroque pop songs.
The Irish Times
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Like all true shamrock, it was grown in the Emerald Isle.
Up in Ardmuirland
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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
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I looked closer: it was the faint outline of a shamrock.
The devil and sherlock holmes: tales of murder, madness, and obs...
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There was also the controversy over Brand Ireland and the shamrock.
The Irish Times
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SO Bord Failte might be losing its shamrock; not necessarily a bad thing.
The Irish Times
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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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