different between cloverleaf vs clover

English

Alternative forms

• clover-leaf

Etymology

clover +? leaf

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kl??v?li?f/
• (US) enPR: kl??v?r-l?f, IPA^(key): /?klo?v?li?f/

Adjective

cloverleaf (not comparable)

1. In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.

Derived terms

• cloverleaf interchange

Translations

Noun

cloverleaf (plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) (see individual senses for plurals)

1. (with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant
2. (US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.

Derived terms

• cloverleaf antenna
• cloverleaf interchange
• cloverleaf model
• clover-leaf roll
• clover-leaf sight
• clover-leaf skull, cloverleaf skull
• cloverleaf stack
• clover leaf weevil

Translations

Verb

cloverleaf (third-person singular simple present cloverleafs, present participle cloverleafing, simple past and past participle cloverleafed)

1. (intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English cl?fre, earlier cl?fre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibr?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer (“clover”), West Frisian klaver (“clover”), Dutch klaver (“clover”), German Low German Klaver (“clover”), German Klee (“clover”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kl??.v?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?klo?.v?/
• Rhymes: -??v?(r)

Noun

clover (plural clovers)

1. A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
2. (cartomancy) The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.

Hyponyms

• shamrock
• trefoil

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Velcro, velcro