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Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.
2. Any of several species of small clover-like plant species, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.

Konzepte

Kleeblatt

Klee

Dreiblattklee

Synonyme

clover

trefoil

dutch clover

white clover

hop clover

Trifolium repens

Oxalis acetosella

Trifolium dubium

cuckoo bread

common wood sorrel

lesser yellow trefoil

lucerne

alfalfa

Übersetzungen

trèfle

trifoglio

trébol

trevo

klaver

trifolium

yonca

τριφύλλι

نبات النفل

sur elle

trifolium repens

oxalis petite oseille

pain de coucou

trèfle douteux

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈʃæm.ɹɒk/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Altnordisch: smári

Verwandt mit Georgisch: სამყურა

In summary

From Irish seamróg, from Old Irish semróc, diminutive of semar, semair (“clover”), from Proto-Celtic *semarā, *semaris (compare Gaulish uisumaris (“clover”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *semh₁r-, *smeh₁r-. Related to Old Norse smári (“clover”) and possibly Georgian სამყურა (samq̇ura, “clover”).