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# shamrock

noun (a shamrock, shamrocks)

«shamrock» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A shamrock is a small green plant with three round leaves on each stem, like clover. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/#m1)
2. The shamrock is a symbol of Ireland, worn on Saint Patrick's Day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/#m2)

### In the lessons

In Irish life and church, the story says Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity: three leaves but one plant, as Christians believe in three persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — in one God. On Saint Patrick's Day, people around the world wear shamrocks and green. In nature lessons it is a kind of clover. Phrases: "a sprig of shamrock", "wear the shamrock".

### Examples

- On Saint Patrick's Day, Granny pinned a shamrock to my coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/#x1)
- A shamrock has three leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/#x2)
- (church) Saint Patrick used the shamrock to teach about the Trinity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/#x3)
- The Irish rugby team has a shamrock on its shirts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/#x4)
- We drew shamrocks on cards for our pen pals in Ireland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/#x5)
- Four-leaf clovers are rare; a shamrock has only three leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/#x6)
- He plucked the shamrocks and put them in his pocket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a shamrock, shamrocks, though people also say "a bunch of shamrock". It is not the same as a "four-leaf clover", which is a lucky rarity; the shamrock has three leaves. The word comes from the Irish "seamróg", meaning little clover.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shamrock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shamrock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shamrock.html) on Mova free.