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In heraldic terminology, a quatrefoil is a representation of a four-leaf clover, a rare variant of the trefoil or three-leaf clover. It is sometimes shown "slipped", i.e. with an attached stalk. In archaic English it is called a caterfoil, [1] or variant spellings thereof.
What we do know is that the four-leaf clover has been a symbol of luck for centuries. Just to name a few examples, it's mentioned in a book from the 1600s, it was carried as soldier's good-luck ...
Celtic Football Club, an association football team from Glasgow, Scotland, have used the four leaf clover as the club's official badge for over 40 years. Former Japanese game developer studio Clover Studio used a 4-leaf clover as their logo. Several businesses and organizations use a 4-leaf clover in their logos to signify Celtic origins. [38] [39]
Common names include water clover and four-leaf clover because of the long-stalked leaves have four clover-like lobes and are either present above water or submerged. It is worth clarifying that these plants are not clovers.
The 1917 World War I good luck medal was produced in the United States with an American eagle superimposed by a four-leaf clover "and a swastika – an ancient symbol of good luck". [143] The medal was designed by Adam Pietz, who served as Assistant Engraver at the United States Mint in Philadelphia for nearly 20 years. [143]
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The results show that there is no one "true" species of shamrock, but that Trifolium dubium (lesser clover) is considered to be the shamrock by roughly half of Irish people, and Trifolium repens (white clover) by another third, with the remaining sixth split between Trifolium pratense (red clover), Medicago lupulina (black medick), Oxalis acetosella (wood sorrel), and various other species of ...
The clover's outer leaf structure varies in physical orientation. The record for most leaflets is 63, set on August 2, 2023, by Yoshiharu Watanabe in Japan. [14] The previous record holder, Shigeo Obara, had discovered an 18-leaf clover in 2002, [15] a 21-leaf clover in 2008 [16] and a 56-leaf clover in 2009, [17] also in Japan.