Meaning of SHAMROCK
| Pronunciation: | | 'shamrâk
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- [n] clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
- [n] creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
- [n] Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white pink- or purple-veined flowers
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| | Synonyms: | | common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, dutch clover, hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, Oxalis acetosella, Trifolium dubium, Trifolium repens, white clover |
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| | See Also: | | clover, oxalis, sorrel, trefoil, wood sorrel | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sham"rock\, n. [L. seamrog, seamar, trefoil, white
clover, white honeysuckle; akin to Gael. seamrag.] (Bot.)
A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish.
The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for
use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
Note: The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel
({Oxalis Acetocella}); but now the name is given to the
white clover ({Trifolium repens}), and the black medic
({Medicago lupulina}).
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