cloverleaf

English

Alternative forms

• clover-leaf

Etymology

clover +‎ leaf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkləʊvəliːf/
• enPR: klōʹvər-lēf, IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊvɚliːf/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

cloverleaf (not comparable)

1. In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.

Derived terms

• cloverleaf interchange

Translations

in the form of cloverleaf

• Finnish: apila- (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Noun

cloverleaf (plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) (see individual senses for plurals)

1. (with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant
2. (US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.

Derived terms

• cloverleaf antenna
• cloverleaf interchange
• cloverleaf model
• clover-leaf roll
• clover-leaf sight
• clover-leaf skull, cloverleaf skull
• cloverleaf stack
• clover leaf weevil

Translations

leaf of a clover plant

• Finnish: apilanlehti
• German: Kleeblatt (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Luxembourgish: Kléiblat n

cloverleaf interchange — see cloverleaf interchange

Verb

cloverleaf (third-person singular simple present cloverleafs, present participle cloverleafing, simple past and past participle cloverleafed)

1. (intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.
   • 2003, David Maraniss, They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967:

     Hay told a military historian that Allen precipitated “the debacle” by “allowing his lead company to pursue the VC down the trail” instead of forming a perimeter and cloverleafing at the first sign of the enemy.