hop clover WORD ORIGIN noun a trefoil, Trifolium campestre, having withered, yellow flowers that resemble the strobiles of a hop. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of hop clover First recorded in 1670–80 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for hop clover hop clover noun the US name for hop trefoil Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012