yellow sweet clover
- noun
- /ˈjɛloʊ swit ˈkloʊvər/
:
trébol dulce amarillo
- Farmers often plant yellow sweet clover to enrich the soil with nitrogen.
Examples
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The aromatic leaves of yellow sweet clover are sometimes used to flavor certain foods.
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Bees are attracted to the yellow sweet clover when it blooms in early summer.
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The garden is full of yellow sweet clover.
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Farmers often plant yellow sweet clover as a cover crop.
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Bees are attracted to the yellow sweet clover when it blooms in early summer.
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Farmers often plant yellow sweet clover to enrich the soil with nitrogen.
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The aromatic leaves of yellow sweet clover are sometimes used to flavor certain foods.
Synonyms
A plant with yellow flowers from Europe and Asia used to improve soil and give a mild sweet scent
A plant grown for hay that makes soil richer for other plants
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward descriptive noun phrase: 'clover' modified by 'sweet' (aromatic) and 'yellow' (color), so its referent — a yellow, sweet‑scented clover plant — is directly derivable from the constituents. This compositional pattern (color + quality + noun) is cross‑linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the component words.
Etymology
Yellow sweet clover comes from how the plant looks and smells: bright yellow flowers, a sweet smell, and leaves like clover. That's why the name refers to this plant people sometimes use to 'flavor' foods and that farmers plant to 'enrich' the soil.
