Obs. A synonym of CLOVER 1.
a. 1387. Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.), 42. Trifolium, clavergresse, habens maculas in foliis.
1591. Percivall, Sp. Dict., Alfalfa, three leaued grasse, clauer grasse, Medica.
1610. W. Folkingham, Art of Survey, I. viii. 19. Clauer-gras, Trefoile, Melilot.
1697. Dryden, Virg. Georg., III. 605. If Milk be thy Design; with plenteous Hand Bring Clover-grass.
1795. Burke, Thoughts Scarcity, Wks. VII. 406. The clover grass suffered in many places.
a. 1822. Shelley, Coliseum, in Ess. & Lett. Tufts of dewy clover-grass.