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noun

Trefoil n.

1.

(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic.

2.

(Arch.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils.

3.

(Her.) A charge representing the clover leaf.

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Etymology of 'Trefoil'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trefoil" Quotes from Famous Books

... of rare and beautiful wild flowers, which are different from those found at a lower elevation. Amongst the most noticeable of these is the blue Hepatica, Anemone, Hepatica L., apink variety of which is sometimes met with, the pink cyclamen-like flower, Erythronium Dens Canis L. with its trefoil-like and spotted leaves; in shady places the Primrose, Primula acaulis All.; everywhere over the summit of the mountain the Cowslip, Primula veris; two species of Gentian, Gentiana verna and G. acaulis L.; Ophrys fusca Link, ...

— The South of France—East Half • Charles Bertram Black

Words linked to "Trefoil" : yellow trefoil, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium stoloniferum, herbaceous plant, Italian clover, red clover, herb, alpine clover, lucerne, genus Medicago, purple clover, white clover, shamrock, Trifolium incarnatum, crimson clover, Trifolium alpinum, Trifolium, Medicago intertexta, Trifolium repens, Medicago lupulina, Medicago falcata, black medick, moon trefoil, marsh trefoil, nonesuch clover, buffalo clover, bird's foot trefoil, Trifolium pratense, alfalfa, bean trefoil, Medicago echinus, Medicago, architectural ornament, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, sickle alfalfa, medick, Calvary clover, clover, Medicago sativa, dutch clover, sickle lucerne, trefoil arch, genus Trifolium, medic, Trifolium reflexum, tick trefoil

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