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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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Word Origin & History

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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