clover, menindie

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

an Australian fodderplant, Trigonella suavissima, Lind., N.O. Leguminoseae.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 143:

`From its abundance in the neighbourhood of Menindie, it isoften called Menindie-clover.' It is the `Australian shamrock'of Mitchell. This perennial, fragrant, clover-like plant is agood pasture herb.»

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