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TREFOIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("trefoil" is a kind of...):
architectural ornament ((architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A plant of the genus Trifolium
Synonyms:
clover; trefoil
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trefoil" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trefoil"):
alpine clover; Trifolium alpinum (European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers)
hop clover; lesser yellow trefoil; shamrock; Trifolium dubium (clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock)
crimson clover; Italian clover; Trifolium incarnatum (southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage)
purple clover; red clover; Trifolium pratense (erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover)
buffalo clover; Trifolium reflexum; Trifolium stoloniferum (clover of western United States)
dutch clover; shamrock; Trifolium repens; white clover (creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage)
Holonyms ("trefoil" is a member of...):
genus Trifolium; Trifolium (any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("trefoil" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trefoil"):
Medicago arborea; moon trefoil (evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods)
Medicago falcata; sickle alfalfa; sickle lucerne; sickle medick (European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods)
Calvary clover; Medicago echinus; Medicago intertexta (an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots)
black medick; hop clover; Medicago lupulina; nonesuch clover; yellow trefoil (prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America)
alfalfa; lucerne; Medicago sativa (important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop)
Holonyms ("trefoil" is a member of...):
genus Medicago; Medicago (a genus of herbs that resemble clover)
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