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- [sham-rok]
- /ˈʃæm rɒk/
- /ˈʃæm.rɒk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sham-rok]
- /ˈʃæm rɒk/
Definitions of shamrock word
- noun shamrock any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland. 1
- noun shamrock botany: clover 1
- noun shamrock emblem of Ireland 1
- countable noun shamrock A shamrock is a small plant with three round leaves on each stem. The shamrock is the national symbol of Ireland. 0
- noun shamrock a plant having leaves divided into three leaflets, variously identified as the wood sorrel, red clover, white clover, and black medick: the national emblem of Ireland 0
- noun shamrock any of certain clovers or cloverlike plants with leaflets in groups of three, used as the emblem of Ireland, as the red clover, white clover, wood sorrel, or black medic 0
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Origin of shamrock
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
1565-75; < Irish seamróg, equivalent to seamair clover + -óg diminutive suffix
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Parts of speech for Shamrock
noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shamrock popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shamrock usage trend in Literature
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