four-leaved clovers

Rare fortunate finds

Four-leaved clovers are clover plants bearing leaves with four leaflets instead of the usual three.

Their rarity—roughly one in several thousand—has made them symbols of good luck.

Finding one is considered fortunate: She pressed the four-leaved clover in her diary.

Also spelled four-leaf clovers.

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green · rarity · rare find · myth · auspiciousness · talisman · traditions · Irish folklore · Irish blessing · laminating · scrapbook · serendipity · synchronicity · lucky charm · lucky penny · make a wish · fortunes · botanical art

Opposites
leaf count/typicality

four-leaved cloverstrefoils

Three-lobed ornamental forms

shamrocks · white clover · red clover

luck/fortune symbolism

four-leaved cloversblack cats

Dark-furred felines

cursed objects · jinxes

rarity/commonness

four-leaved cloversdandelions

Yellow-flowered lawn weeds

Family

leaved, clover, fours, fourth, fourths, fourteen, fourteenth, fortieth, fourfold

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G