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clover

[kloh-ver] / ˈkloʊ vər /










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Home to hundreds of different flowers, the hillsides of Conejo Open Space are covered in yellow monkeyflowers, lupine, California poppies and owl’s clover.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

The dead are placed in a sealed vessel bedded with clover, hay and straw and equipped to regulate airflow, temperature and moisture.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

A small group of plants, including peas, clover, and beans, can grow without added nitrogen.

From Science Daily Dec. 9, 2025

Legume hordes like clover pull nitrogen from the air, reducing the use of chemical fertilisers, and the milking parlour is 80-percent solar- and wind-powered.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

He staggered back a few steps and buried his muzzle in a patch of new clover, chewing the sprouts to cleanse the foul odor from his sensitive nasal passages.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

Anyone stuck in a knotted snarl of interstate clovers knows that GPS is both important and imperfect.

From Slate Dec. 1, 2024

Although the strands are brown and parched, tiny sprinkles of weeds and clovers blend in with the decaying grass and present an illusion of a semi-green lawn.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2023

"Lucky charms but when it only had orange stars, yellow moons, pink hearts and green clovers," wrote user u/Cluefuljewel.

From Salon Mar. 22, 2023

It came among baggy jeans with rhinestoned four-leaf clovers.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2022

I was suddenly lost for what to say and just sat there tugging away at the clovers.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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