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Definition of Italian clover
1. Noun. Southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Italian Clover
Literary usage of Italian clover
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Henderson's Hand-book of the Grasses of Great Britain and America: Their by John Henderson (1875)
"CHAPTER X. EGYPTIAN TREFOIL (Trifolium Alexandrinum) 101 Remarks—Of a more recent
introduction into England than italian clover; the habits of both ..."
2. Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"us within a few years, by the introduction of the vivid red of italian clover.
It is eagerly welcomed to our fields, so scant of scarlet. ..."
3. Old-time Gardens, Newly Set Forth: A Book of the Sweet O' the Year by Alice Morse Earle (1901)
"1 doubt if italian clover then became widely known ; but our modern farmers now
think well of it, and the flower lover revels in it. ..."
4. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1866)
"... Pimpernell grass, Franz Ray- grass, Black Nonesuch or yellow clover, yellow
suckling clover, white clover, scarlet crimson or italian clover, sainfoin, ..."
5. Henderson's Hand-book of the Grasses of Great Britain and America: Their by John Henderson (1875)
"CHAPTER X. EGYPTIAN TREFOIL (Trifolium Alexandrinum) 101 Remarks—Of a more recent
introduction into England than italian clover; the habits of both ..."
6. Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"us within a few years, by the introduction of the vivid red of italian clover.
It is eagerly welcomed to our fields, so scant of scarlet. ..."
7. Old-time Gardens, Newly Set Forth: A Book of the Sweet O' the Year by Alice Morse Earle (1901)
"1 doubt if italian clover then became widely known ; but our modern farmers now
think well of it, and the flower lover revels in it. ..."
8. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1866)
"... Pimpernell grass, Franz Ray- grass, Black Nonesuch or yellow clover, yellow
suckling clover, white clover, scarlet crimson or italian clover, sainfoin, ..."