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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clover \Clo"ver\ (kl[=o]"v[~e]r), noun [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl[=ae]fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl["o]fver.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus {Trifolium}; as the common red clover, {Trifolium pratense}, the white, {Trifolium repens}, and the hare's foot, {Trifolium arvense}.
{Clover weevil} (Zo["o]l.) a small weevil ({Apion apricans}), that destroys the seeds of clover.
{Clover worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Asopia costalis}), often very destructive to clover hay.
{In clover}, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.]
{Sweet clover}. See {Meliot}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clover
noun: a plant of the genus Trifolium [syn: {trefoil}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "clover": Easy Street, affluence, bed of roses, comfort, contentment, deuce-ace, ease, easy circumstances, felicity, fleshpots, gracious life, gracious living, happiness, lap of luxury, leash, life of ease, loaves and fishes, luxury, prosperity, prosperousness, security, set of three, shamrock, solid comfort, success, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, the affluent life, the good life, three, threesome, thriving condition, tierce, trefoil, trey, triad, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogy, trimester, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triunity, trivet, troika, upward mobility, velvet, weal, wealth, welfare, well-being
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Clover A {protocoll} similar to {packet radio} or {AMTOR}. (1995-03-03)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Clover, SC (town, FIPS 15355) Location: 35.11206 N, 81.22705 W Population (1990): 3422 (1414 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Clover, VA (town, FIPS 17632) Location: 36.83389 N, 78.73389 W Population (1990): 198 (100 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24534
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Clover, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina Population (2000): 4014 Housing Units (2000): 1635 Land area (2000): 2.800157 sq. miles (7.252373 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.011330 sq. miles (0.029344 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.811487 sq. miles (7.281717 sq. km) FIPS code: 15355 Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45 Location: 35.112194 N, 81.226848 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Clover, SC Clover
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