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Shamrock   /ʃˈæmrˌɑk/   Listen
Shamrock

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



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"Shamrock" Quotes from Famous Books



... Linton party centred in the candidate described on the race-card as Mr. M. O'Toole's Shannon. Nothing further could be done for Shannon—he was groomed until the last hair on his tail gleamed; but black Billy, resplendent in a bright green jacket and cap, the latter bearing an embroidered white shamrock, became the object of advice and warning from every man from Billabong, until anyone except Billy would probably have turned in wrath upon the multitude of his counsellors. Billy, however, had one refuge ...
— Back To Billabong • Mary Grant Bruce

... The Shamrock! may our hearts entwine, And meet in one, as it, tho' three; And may your patron Saint, and mine, Our ...
— Canada and Other Poems • T.F. Young

... to the breeze, Shamrock, Thistle, and Rose, And the Star-Spangled Banner unfurl with these— A message of friends and foes Wherever the sails of peace are seen and wherever the ...
— The Little Book of the Flag • Eva March Tappan

... wait an' say," rejoined he. "Oi hed a paice ov shamrock, which I tuk out ov the fairy ring, sure, at Glasnevin, under me hid last noight whin Oi wor shlapin', an' me drame's bound fur to ...
— Young Tom Bowling - The Boys of the British Navy • J.C. Hutcheson

... Potato Bisque Olives Salted Pistachio Nuts *Boiled Salmon, Parsley Sauce Mashed Potatoes Brussels Sprouts Shamrock Salad St. Patrick's Pie Green Frosted Cakes Green ...
— The Story of Crisco • Marion Harris Neil


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