shamrock meaning

• Noun: shamrock  shamrók
  1. Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
     - white clover, dutch clover, Trifolium repens 
  2. Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
     - common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, Oxalis acetosella 
  3. Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
     - hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium, hop trefoil [Brit]

  Derived forms: shamrocks

  Type of: clover, oxalis, sorrel, trefoil, wood sorrel

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Examples

1. crown of thorns and cross . clever idea saint patrick the shamrock
2. get your shamrock groove on at stan ross'mr . 3000 sports bar,
3. vincento : oh ? have you thought of a lie for shamrock yet, or was that a pathetic attempt to stall to protect him
4. O'Donnell, senior vice president for Diamond Shamrock Inc.
5. National Convenience and Diamond Shamrock cover much of the same territory.