hart-clover, hart's clover
[f. hart: see quot. 1664.]
A name for Melilot.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 120 Ðeos wyrt þe man..heort-clæfre nemneð. c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 644/36–7 Hoc trifolium, hartclauer. Hic sicassis, idem. 1644 R. Turner Botanalogia 199 In English Melilot, Kings Claver, and Harts Claver, because Deer delight to feed upon it. 1674–91 Ray N.C. Words 35 Hart-claver, Melilot. 1879 Prior Plant-n., Hart's Clover. |