Shamrock Definition
shămrŏk
shamrocks
noun
shamrocks
Any of certain clovers or cloverlike plants with leaflets in groups of three, used as the emblem of Ireland, as the red clover, white clover, wood sorrel, or black medic.
Webster's New World
The compound leaf of one of these plants.
American Heritage
A representation of one of these plants or leaves, used as a national emblem of Ireland.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- Trifolium dubium
- lesser yellow trefoil
- hop clover
- common wood sorrel
- Oxalis acetosella
- cuckoo bread
- Trifolium repens
- dutch-clover
- white-clover
Other Word Forms of Shamrock
Noun
Singular:
shamrock
Plural:
shamrocksOrigin of Shamrock
Irish Gaelic seamróg diminutive of seamar clover from Middle Irish semar
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Irish seamróg, diminutive of seamar (“clover").
From Wiktionary
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