Definitions of shamrock in English
noun
(1) Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
(2) Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
(3) Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
(4) Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves
(5) Naturalized in United States
(6) Widely grown for forage
(7) Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white pink- or purple-veined flowers
(8) Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers
(9) Often considered the true or original shamrock
Examples of shamrock in English
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(2) It also explains why the shamrock is the national symbol of Ireland.
(3) According to legend the shamrock , with its three leaves on the single stalk, was used by St. Patrick to explain the mystery of the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish.
(4) Decorated with intricate knot work, a harp and a shamrock , the emblems of the brigade, and with a bronze Irish wolfhound at the foot of the cross, it is reckoned by many to be the most beautiful memorial on the battlefield.
(5) Green also became associated with this feast day (St. Patrick's Day) because it is the colour of spring, Ireland and the shamrock .
(6) The national emblem is a carved Irish shamrock adorning Government House, and the island's flag and crest show a woman with a cross and harp.
(7) Among these borrowed motifs are fleurs-de-lis, shamrocks , and various other flora, including, after 1876, the Canadian maple leaf.
(8) There were paper chains hung from the window-frames, construction paper shamrocks Scotch-taped to the glass.
(9) The vegetable gardens spread out from the house, laced with marigolds and a purple ground cover that looks like shamrocks : trebol, in Spanish.
(10) Irish heritage campaigners delighted as city street vendors begin selling small bundles of old fashioned fresh shamrocks for u00d4u00f6u00bcu251cu25512.50.
synonyms of shamrock
white clover
