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white clover noun[ U ] uk /ˌwaɪt ˈkləʊ.vər/ us /ˌwaɪt ˈkloʊ.vɚ/ a type of clover (= a low-growing plant with three small leaves on each stem) that has round white flowers and is often grown as food for animals or to improve the soil: We've mixed the grass seed with white clover for the bees and other insects. He is replacing all the grass in his garden with white clover. Bees were crawling over the red and white clover. Growing nitrogen-fixing forage grasses such as white clover increases the fertility of the land. The wildflower meadow is thick with corncockle, thistles, red and white clover, and marigolds. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium locoweed loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist sea pink sedum sego lily self-heal senecio
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