"four-leaf clover" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔɹˈliːfˈkloʊ.vɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-four-leaf clover.ogg [Australia] Forms: four-leaf clovers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} four-leaf clover (plural four-leaf clovers)
  1. An uncommon variation of the clover, having four leaves instead of the usual three. Categories (lifeform): Trifolieae tribe plants Synonyms: lucky clover, four-leafed clover, four-leaved clover Translations (clover with four leaves): 四葉草 (Chinese Mandarin), 四叶草 (sìyècǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), čtyřlístek [masculine] (Czech), firkløver [common-gender] (Danish), klavertjevier [neuter] (Dutch), neliapila (Finnish), trèfle à quatre feuilles [masculine] (French), vierblättriges Kleeblatt [neuter] (German), négylevelű lóhere (Hungarian), quadrifoglio [masculine] (Italian), 네잎 클로버 (neip keullobeo) (Korean), chʼil bitʼąąʼ dį́ʼí (Navajo), firkløver [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), firkløver [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), czterolistna koniczyna [feminine] (Polish), trevo de quatro folhas [masculine] (Portuguese), trifoi cu patru foi [neuter] (Romanian), четырёхли́стный кле́вер (četyrjoxlístnyj kléver) [masculine] (Russian), štvorlístok [masculine] (Slovak), trébol de cuatro hojas [masculine] (Spanish), fyrklöver (Swedish), dört yapraklı yonca (Turkish), deilen gynifer [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-four-leaf_clover-en-noun-tqeJg-j2 Disambiguation of Trifolieae tribe plants: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'clover with four leaves': 91 9
  2. (idiomatic) A bringer of good luck. Tags: idiomatic Translations (bringer of good luck): čtyřlístek [masculine] (Czech), neliapila (Finnish), Glücksklee [neuter] (German), trevo de quatro folhas [masculine] (Portuguese), štvorlístok [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-four-leaf_clover-en-noun-p0cP96lR Disambiguation of 'bringer of good luck': 1 99

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