yellow sweet clover

noun

1

: a biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) that has aromatic leaves sometimes used as a carminative or flavoring agent, is widely cultivated especially as a green manure and cover crop, and is naturalized in many parts of the world

2

: bitter clover

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