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TRIFOLIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
Synonyms:
genus Trifolium; Trifolium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Trifolium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Trifolium"):
clover; trefoil (a plant of the genus Trifolium)
Holonyms ("Trifolium" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)