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shamrock

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shamrock  \Sham"rock\,  n.  [L.  seamrog  seamar,  trefoil,  white 
  clover,  white  honeysuckle;  akin  to  Gael.  seamrag.]  (Bot.) 
  A  trifoliate  plant  used  as  a  national  emblem  by  the  Irish. 
  The  legend  is  that  St  Patrick  once  plucked  a  leaf  of  it  for 
  use  in  illustrating  the  doctrine  of  the  trinity. 
 
  Note:  The  original  plant  was  probably  a  kind  of  wood  sorrel 
  ({Oxalis  Acetocella});  but  now  the  name  is  given  to  the 
  white  clover  ({Trifolium  repens}),  and  the  black  medic 
  ({Medicago  lupulina}). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shamrock 
  n  1:  creeping  European  clover  having  white  to  pink  flowers  and 
  bright  green  leaves;  naturalized  in  United  States; 
  widely  grown  for  forage  [syn:  {white  clover},  {dutch 
  clover},  {Trifolium  repens}] 
  2:  Eurasian  plant  with  heart-shaped  trifoliate  leaves  and  white 
  pink-  or  purple-veined  flowers  [syn:  {common  wood  sorrel}, 
  {cuckoo  bread},  {Oxalis  acetosella}] 
  3:  clover  native  to  Ireland  with  yellowish  flowers;  often 
  considered  the  true  or  original  shamrock  [syn:  {hop  clover}, 
  {lesser  yellow  trefoil},  {Trifolium  dubium}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Shamrock,  OK  (town,  FIPS  66600) 
  Location:  35.91034  N,  96.57739  W 
  Population  (1990):  95  (56  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.8  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Shamrock,  TX  (city,  FIPS  67160) 
  Location:  35.21599  N,  100.24555  W 
  Population  (1990):  2286  (1232  housing  units) 
  Area:  5.4  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water)




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