shamrock, australian

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

n.


a perennial, fragrant,clover-like plant, Trigonella suavissima, Lindl., N.O. Leguminosae; excellent as forage. Called also Menindie Clover (aboriginal name, Calomba).See Clover.

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

«It is the `Australian shamrock' of Mitchell.»

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