Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heart clover

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: heart -clover
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.

Etymology

From Middle English hartclaver, herte clovre, heortclæfre, from Old English heortclǣfre, equivalent to heart + clover.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hartclaver, heortclǣfre

Inflected Forms

heart clovers (plural) heart-clover (alternative) heartclover (alternative)

Synonyms

spotted medick spotted burclover

Questions

What does heart clover mean?: A flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.
Where does heart clover come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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