Definition of Calvary clover

1. Noun. An annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots.

Exact synonyms: Medicago Echinus, Medicago Intertexta
Generic synonyms: Medic, Medick, Trefoil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calvary Clover

Calostoma ravenelii
Calostomataceae
Calot
Calot's triangle
Caloundra
Calpe
Calpha-dehydrogenase
Caltanissetta
Caltha
Caltha palustris
Calum
Calusa
Caluyanon
Calvados
Calvary
Calvary clover (current term)
Calvary cross
Calvatia
Calvatia gigantea
Calve
Calve-Perthes disease
Calvert Vaux
Calvin
Calvin Benson cycle
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein
Calvin cycle
Calvinball
Calvinism

Literary usage of Calvary clover

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"Calvary clover" is the common name of a pretty variety of the white Dutch Clover, in which the leaves are almost entirely of a deep bronze- purple colour ..."

2. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson, F. L. S., William Robinson (1906)
"Calvary clover" is the common name of a pretty variety of the white Dutch Clover, in which the leaves are almost entirely of a deep bronze- purple colour ..."

3. Pot-pourri from a Surrey Garden by Maria Theresa Earle (1897)
"In the old convent gardens Calvary clover was supposed not to grow unless sown on Good Friday. It is a curious little annual, with a blood-red spot on each ..."

4. Gardens of England by Ernest Thomas Cook (1908)
"The stem of the viper's bugloss is speckled like a snake, so it is a remedy against poison or the sting of a scorpion. Heart-trefoil, or Calvary clover, ..."

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