Middle English, from Old English clafre, clæfre "clover," from Proto-Germanic *klaibron (source also of Old Saxon kle, Middle Low German klever, Middle Dutch claver, Dutch klaver, Old High G [..]

type of plant (legume) often cultivated as forage or feed for livestock.

a genus in the leguminous pea family Fabaceae. Legumes are ecologically important because they fix nitrogen into the soil.

good luck, good education, hard work, industry

a wild plant with leaves in three rounded parts and small tight pink or white heads

Walking through fields of fragrant clover is a propitious dream. It brings all objects desired into the reach of the dreamer. Fine crops is portended for the farmer and wealth for the young. Blasted fields of clover brings harrowing and regretful sighs. To dream of clover, foretells prosperity will soon enfold you. For a young woman to dream of see [..]

(n) a plant of the genus Trifolium

He’s in clover. In luck, in prosperous circumstances, in a good situation. The allusion is to cattle feeding in clover fields.

Clovers are prevalent in Irish society.

From the English word for the wild flower, ultimately deriving from Old English clafre.