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Definition of Red clover
1. Noun. Erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover.
Definition of Red clover
1. Noun. a clover, ''Trifolium pratense'', with red flowers, found in Europe, Asia and North America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Clover
Literary usage of Red 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)
"Common red clover has been sown on the Station grounds or fields eadi year ...
A plot seeded to red clover in 1898 made a good stand and went into winter ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"red clover is the same way—it is a two-year plant. If you sow clover with the
oats, it will grow the coming season, and the next year it will make a hay ..."
3. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1866)
"The seed is much less than that of red clover, is in the form of a kidney, and
dark green or verging somewhat towards violet. Yellow green seed of this ..."
4. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"red clover anil mammoth clover.—These were seeded at the same rate as the ...
(See Plate IV, A, red clover). The fall growth of tops of the red clover was ..."
5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The red clover has been the farmers' friend and it is to-day. I want you to grow
red clover more widely than you ever have before, but still at the same ..."
6. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... but not out of the common red clover, which is visited by humble-bees alone;
so that whole fields of the red clover offer in vain an abundant supply of ..."
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