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shamrock

Any of several leguminous plants (see legume) whose leaves are divided into three leaflets, including clovers. St Patrick is said to have used one to illustrate the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, and it was made the national badge of Ireland. (Family Leguminosae.)



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until their faces are as green as their shamrocks - or, to give them their proper name, Lesser Yellow Trefoils.
Kevan Furbank Column: Pat's Day will go with a bang by The Mirror (London, England)
The lesser yellow trefoil occurs in pastures and on banks, and is worn as Ireland's national emblem on St Patrick's Day, March 17, before it flowers from June to August.
Choice of the shamrock stars; answers to correspondents by The Daily Mail (London, England)
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