water clover

Definitions of water clover
  1. noun
    water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
    synonyms: Marsilea quadrifolia
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    type of:
    clover fern, pepperwort
    any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
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