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shamrock.

The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃæm.ɹɒk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈʃæm.ɹɑk/General-American
  1. The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

    She wore a shamrock in honor of her Irish ancestry.
  2. Any of several species of small clover-like plant species, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.

    The fields were covered with shamrocks.
Where this word comes from

From Irish seamróg, from Old Irish semróc, diminutive of semar, semair (“clover”), from Proto-Celtic *semarā, *semaris (compare Gaulish uisumaris (“clover”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *semh₁r-, *smeh₁r-. Related to Old Norse smári (“clover”) and possibly Georgian სამყურა (samq̇ura, “clover”).

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