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clo⋅ver

  [kloh-ver]
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–noun, plural -vers, (especially collectively) -ver.
1. any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
2. any of various plants of allied genera, as melilot.
—Idiom
3. in clover, enjoying luxury or comfort; wealthy or well-off: They struggled to make their fortune, and now they're in clover.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME clovere, OE clāfre; akin to G Klee

Related forms:
clovered, adjective
clo⋅ver⋅y, adjective
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clo·ver   (klō'vər)   
n.  
  1. Any of various herbs of the genus Trifolium in the pea family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense heads of small flowers and including species grown for forage, for erosion control, and as a source of nectar for honeybees.
  2. Any of several other plants in the pea family, such as bush clover and sweet clover.
  3. Any of several nonleguminous plants, such as owl's clover and water clover.

[Middle English, from Old English clāfre.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Clover

Clo"ver\ (kl[=o]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl[=ae]fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl["o]fver.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense.

Clover weevil (Zo["o]l.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover.

Clover worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay.

In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.]

Sweet clover. See Meliot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : clover
Spanish: trébol,
German: der Klee,
Japanese: クローバー
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clover 
O.E. clafre, from P.Gmc. *klaibron. First ref. in Eng. to luck of a four-leaf clover is from 1507. To be in clover "live luxuriously" is 1710, "clover being extremely delicious and fattening to cattle" [Johnson].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Clover communications, protocol
A protocoll similar to packet radio or AMTOR.
(1995-03-03)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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clover

see like pigs in clover.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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