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white clover
noun
- a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.
white clover
noun
- a Eurasian clover plant, Trifolium repens, with rounded white flower heads: cultivated as a forage plant
Word History and Origins
Origin of white clover1
Example Sentences
In Canada, a pasture mix of yarrow, white clover and Rocky Mountain fescue experienced less intense and slower-moving fires than those that burned through nearby grasslands.
Researchers elsewhere have looked at various options for replacing the lawn, including wildflower meadows and prairie-style communities dominated by larger grasses, as well as ground covers such as nonnative white clover and low-mow fescue mixes.
Often called bee-friendly, these mixes typically contain creeping thyme, yarrow and white clover.
Marc Johnson, professor of biology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, has done white clover studies in urban and suburban areas all over the world.
Instead, they are looking to genetically modify the ryegrass and white clover that the New Zealand animals predominantly eat.
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