† clover-grass Obs.
A synonym of clover n. 1.
| a 1387 Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 42 Trifolium, clavergresse, habens maculas in foliis. 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Alfalfa, three leaued grasse, clauer grasse, Medica. 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. viii. 19 Clauer-gras, Trefoile, Melilot. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 605 If Milk be thy Design; with plenteous Hand Bring Clover-grass. 1795 Burke Thoughts Scarcity Wks. VII. 406 The clover grass suffered in many places. a 1822 Shelley Coliseum in Ess. & Lett., Tufts of dewy clover-grass. |