a low-growing clover-like plant with three-lobed leaves, used as the national emblem of Ireland 白花酢浆草(爱尔兰国花),三叶草
The shamrock of legend has been identified with a number of different plants in the family Leguminosae, in particular the lesser yellow trefoil (Trifolium minus) 传说中的三叶草指好几种豆科植物,尤指钝叶车轴草 ■a spray or leaf of this plant 三叶草枝(或叶)
语源
late 16th cent.: from Irish seamróg 'trefoil' (diminutive of seamar 'clover')