1. erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover; [syn: red clover, purple clover, Trifolium pratense]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
purple clover
n 1: erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple
to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
[syn: red clover, purple clover, Trifolium pratense]