sweet clover

Questions about sweet clover

What does sweet clover mean?

sweet clover means "erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement".

What is another word for sweet clover?

Close synonyms include melilotus, melilot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sweet clover a common word?

sweet clover is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.