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    SWEET CLOVER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvementplay

    Synonyms:

    melilot; melilotus; sweet clover

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweet clover"):

    Melilotus alba; white melilot; white sweet clover (biennial plant; valuable honey plant)

    Melilotus officinalis; yellow sweet clover (biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop)

    Holonyms ("sweet clover" is a member of...):

    genus Melilotus (Old World herbs: the sweet clovers)

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