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Definition of Crimson clover
1. Noun. Southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crimson Clover
Literary usage of Crimson clover
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"crimson clover is an annual plant, ie, lives but one year like wheat and oats.
... This is an annual clover almost identified with crimson clover. ..."
2. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"This winter-killing of crimson clover was quite common throughout the northern part
... crimson clover is the great soil enricher and is often used as the ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"crimson clover GOOD FOR POTATOES. IN Bulletin No. ... that crimson clover plowed
under increased the yield in 1894 thirty-six and in 1895 fifty per cent. ..."
4. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"crimson clover (Fig. 48) is also known from the color of its flowers as scarlet,
... crimson clover was probably first cultivated in southern France and ..."
5. Poems by Edna Dean Proctor (1890)
"A crimson clover. THE maples dropped their withered leaves; Wan, through the
mist, the sunset shone; And from the upland, hare of sheaves, The jay's call ..."
6. European Agriculture and Rural Economy: From personal observation by Henry Colman (1851)
"crimson clover, ( Trifolium Incarnatum.) — This is an annual plant, presenting,
in its blossoming, a beautiful crimson flower in the shape of a cone. ..."
7. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"It seems evident, however, that the lice are attacked by a parasite while still
in crimson clover (parasitized lice were abo common on red clover), ..."
8. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"crimson clover is an annual plant, ie, lives but one year like wheat and oats.
... This is an annual clover almost identified with crimson clover. ..."
9. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"This winter-killing of crimson clover was quite common throughout the northern part
... crimson clover is the great soil enricher and is often used as the ..."
10. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"crimson clover GOOD FOR POTATOES. IN Bulletin No. ... that crimson clover plowed
under increased the yield in 1894 thirty-six and in 1895 fifty per cent. ..."
11. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"crimson clover (Fig. 48) is also known from the color of its flowers as scarlet,
... crimson clover was probably first cultivated in southern France and ..."
12. Poems by Edna Dean Proctor (1890)
"A crimson clover. THE maples dropped their withered leaves; Wan, through the
mist, the sunset shone; And from the upland, hare of sheaves, The jay's call ..."
13. European Agriculture and Rural Economy: From personal observation by Henry Colman (1851)
"crimson clover, ( Trifolium Incarnatum.) — This is an annual plant, presenting,
in its blossoming, a beautiful crimson flower in the shape of a cone. ..."
14. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"It seems evident, however, that the lice are attacked by a parasite while still
in crimson clover (parasitized lice were abo common on red clover), ..."
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