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PIN CLOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pin clover mean? 

PIN CLOVER (noun)
  The noun PIN CLOVER has 1 sense:

1. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forageplay

  Familiarity information: PIN CLOVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIN CLOVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alfilaria; alfileria; clocks; Erodium cicutarium; filaree; filaria; pin clover; pin grass; redstem storksbill

Hypernyms ("pin clover" is a kind of...):

heron's bill; storksbill (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)


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