clo·ver·leaf

[kloh-ver-leef] noun, plural clo·ver·leafs, clo·ver·leaves, adjective
noun
1.
a road arrangement, resembling a four-leaf clover in form, for permitting easy traffic movement between two intersecting high-speed highways. One highway passes over the other, and both are joined by a system of curved feeder roads permitting vehicles to enter and leave the highways.
adjective
2.
shaped like or resembling a leaf or leaves of clover.

Origin:
1930–35; clover + leaf

clo·ver·leafed, adjective
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cloverleaf (ˈkləʊvəˌliːf) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -leaves
1.  an arrangement of connecting roads, resembling a four-leaf clover in form, that joins two intersecting main roads
2.  (modifier) in the shape or pattern of a leaf of clover

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Cloverleaf is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
The finishing touches are being placed on flying cloverleaf expressways.
Three of the four quadrants for the cloverleaf are developed.
Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor roads.
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