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4-leaf white clover (Trifolium repens L.)The four-leaf clover is a rare variation of the common three-leaf clover that has four leaflets instead of three. According to traditional sayings, such clovers bring good luck, [1] a belief that dates back to at least the 17th century.
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.
A keychain containing a four-leaf clover. A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck.Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make.
"The four-leaf clover idea likely originated in folklore, but it's hard to say when it first popped up. We often don't know how quickly a folk custom catches, so no one remembers how or when it ...
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.
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Aquatic fern bearing 4 parted leaf resembling 'Four-leaf clover' (Trifolium).Leaves floating in deep water or erect in shallow water or on land. Leaflets obdeltoid, to 3/4" long, glaucous, petioles to 8" long; Sporocarp (ferns) ellipsoid, to 3/16" long, dark brown, on stalks to 3/4" long, attached to base of petioles.
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 ...