CLOVER

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clāfre; akin to Old High German klēo ~ Date: before 12th century any of a genus ( Trifolium ) of low leguminous herbs having trifoliolate leaves and flowers in dense heads and including many that are valuable for forage and attractive to bees, any of various related plants (as of the genera Melilotus, Lespedeza, or Medicago ) of the legume family