shamrock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shamrock	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for shamrock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shamrock n creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage Synonym(s): white clover, dutch clover, shamrock, Trifolium repens Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers Synonym(s): common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, shamrock, Oxalis acetosella clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock Synonym(s): hop clover, shamrock, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium
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 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)