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==Symbolic usage== [[File:Lääne-Nigula valla vapp.svg|thumb|upright=0.7|4-leaf clover pictured in the coat of arms of [[Lääne-Nigula Parish]]]] [[File:Nordic Agrarian party logos.jpg|thumb|The 4-leaf clover is used as a symbol by multiple agrarian political parties in Northern and Eastern Europe]] * Italian automobile maker [[Alfa Romeo]] uses a ''[[Alfa Romeo Quadrifoglio|quadrifoglio]]'' (4-leaf clover) icon to delineate its racing cars and performance-oriented road models. This tradition started in the 1923 [[Targa Florio]] race, when driver [[Ugo Sivocci]] decorated his car with a green clover on a white background.<ref>{{cite web |last=Defendi |first=Laura |date=9 November 2017 |title=Ugo Sivocci and the lucky 4-leaf clover – Cozzi Brothers Museum |url=https://www.museofratellicozzi.com/news/en/ugo-sivocci/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=eNews Fratelli Cozzi Museum}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2022 |title=La Leggenda del Quadrifoglio Verde – La storia in immagini di Ugo Sivocci |url=https://sivocci.net/come-nacque-il-quadrifoglio.html |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Sivocci.net |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2023 |title=The bleak story of the most mythical clover |url=https://www.euromarque.co.nz/news/the-bleak-story-of-the-most-mythical-clover |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Euromarque |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208235625/https://www.euromarque.co.nz/news/the-bleak-story-of-the-most-mythical-clover |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> As of 2022, the ''quadrifoglio'' is used on the company's race liveries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alfaromeo.com/alfa-romeo-world/passion/alfa-news/2022/F1#|title=The Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN. C42 is born|website=Alfa Romeo|date=2022|access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref> * American space exploration company [[SpaceX]] includes a 4-leaf clover on each space mission [[embroidered patch]] as a good luck charm. Inclusion of the clover has become a regular icon on SpaceX's flight patches ever since the company's first successful Falcon 1 rocket launch in 2008, which was the first mission to feature a clover "for luck" on its patch.<ref>"[http://www.space.com/25010-spacex-space-station-mission-patch.html SpaceX's 3rd Space Station Resupply Flight Gets 3-Sided Mission Patch]". space.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015</ref> * [[Celtic Football Club]], an [[association football]] team from [[Glasgow, Scotland]], have used the four leaf clover as the club's official badge for over 40 years. * Former Japanese [[video game]] developer studio [[Clover Studio]] used a 4-leaf clover as their logo. * Several businesses and organizations use a 4-leaf clover in their logos to signify Celtic origins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cloverpark.k12.wa.us/|title=Clover Park School District Homepage|website=www.cloverpark.k12.wa.us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cloverpub.com.br/|title=Clover Pub - European Pub|website=cloverpub.com.br}}</ref> * The global network of youth organizations [[4-H]] uses a green 4-leaf clover with a white H on each leaf.<ref>"[https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/exhibits/show/poster-collections/elsie-carper-collection-on-ext Elsie Carper Collection on Extension Service, Home Economics, and 4-H]". usda.gov. Retrieved 11 March 2016</ref> * The logo of the [[New Jersey Lottery]] features an outline of the state in white on a green 4-leaf clover printed on a lottery draw machine ball. * The imageboard [[4chan]] features a 4-leaf clover in its logo as a nod to its predecessor, the Japanese site [[Futaba Channel]] (2chan), whose name means two leaves, leading 4chan to be referred to in Japan as yotsuba, meaning four leaves. * Traditional symbol of [[List of agrarian parties|agrarian parties]] popularized by [[Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants]], [[Bulgarian Agrarian National Union]], [[People's Party (Poland)|People's Party]], and [[International Agrarian Bureau]] in interwar period. Used until today among others by [[Polish People's Party]], [[Estonian Centre Party]], and [[Nordic agrarian parties]]. * In Japan, the Green Cars of [[Shinkansen]] use a 4-leaf clover logo. * Jewelry brand [[Van Cleef & Arpels]] the Alhambra lines feature motifs of 4-leaf clover.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=How Van Cleef & Arpels Got Its 4-leaf Clover {{!}} Barnebys Magazine |url=https://www.barnebys.com/blog/how-van-cleef--arpels-got-its-4-leaf-clover |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Barnebys.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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