red clover
noun
a clover, Trifolium pratense, having red flowers, grown for forage: the state flower of Vermont.
Origin of red clover
before 900; Old English (not recorded in ME)
Words nearby red clover
red cent,
red chamber,
red china,
red chokeberry,
red clay,
red clover,
red cluster pepper,
red cod,
red coral,
red corpuscle,
red count
Example sentences from the Web for red clover
Red-clover hay is too dusty for horses, and too wasteful for cattle.
Soil Culture |J. H. WaldenRed-clover makes fair hay, though inferior to timothy or red-top.
Soil Culture |J. H. WaldenMy little essay in red-clover, the last year, has had the most encouraging success.
Buffalo-clover resembles white-clover, but does not run on the 293 ground; the leaf as large as red-clover.
British Dictionary definitions for red clover
red clover
noun
a leguminous plant, Trifolium pratense, native to Europe and Asia, frequently planted as a forage crop. It has fragrant red flowers and three-lobed compound leaves