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n. - Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers.

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  • The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground;
  • Three men were attempting to do the Riverdance in shamrock-shaped slippers.
  • "Then you don't know why the shamrock is our national emblem?"
  • The shamrock is the symbol of the struggle against oppression.
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