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four-leaf clover
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Encyclopedic overview
4-leaf white clover (Trifolium repens L.) The four-leaf clover is a rare mutation of the common three-leaf clover that has four leaflets instead of three. According to tradition, such clovers bring good luck, a belief that dates back to at least the 17th century.
The term four-leaf is botanically a misnomer, as clover plants have multiple leaves (multiple clovers), each consisting of a varying number of leaflets, typically three.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “four-leaf clover” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.