shamrock









shamrock


noun

  1. any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.

noun

  1. a plant having leaves divided into three leaflets, variously identified as the wood sorrel, red clover, white clover, and black medick: the national emblem of Ireland

n.1570s, from Irish seamrog, diminutive of seamar “clover.” Cf. Gaelic seamrag “trefoil.”

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