heart clover

English

Heart clover (Medicago arabica)

Alternative forms

• heart-clover, heartclover

Etymology

From Middle English hartclaver, herte clovre, heortclæfre, from Old English heortclǣfre, equivalent to heart +‎ clover.

Noun

heart clover (plural heart clovers)

1. A flowering plant (Medicago arabica) in the pea and bean family Fabaceae native to the Mediterranean basin but now found throughout the world.

   Synonyms: spotted medick, spotted burclover

References

• Medicago arabica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia