Noun: cloverleaf
| Singular | cloverleaf |
| Plural | cloverleafs; cloverleaves |
Sample Sentences
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Cloverleaves have a pealike flavor and make a nice accent among salad greens.
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The off-ramp will lead you along the cloverleaf to your next on-ramp.
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By the time we got into Tulsa Town
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We had eighty-five trucks in all
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But there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf
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And them bears was wall-to-wall. [1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:]
Nouns inflected like cloverleaf
pyramid roof,
neckkerchief,
neck kerchief,
waterleaf,
yellow dwarf,
hipped roof,
silverleaf,
cloverleaf,
baby beef,
nonself,
headkerchief,
longleaf,
peaked roof,
neckerchief,
semidwarf,
newhalf,
non-self,
handkerchief,
pockethandkerchief,
autumn leaf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From clover + leaf.