Definition of trefoil Trefoil
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NounPlural: trefoils |
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| trefoil - an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle | ||
| trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium | ||
| clover | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| genus trifolium, trifolium any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets | ||
| alpine clover, trifolium alpinum European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers | ||
| lesser yellow trefoil, trifolium dubium, hop clover, shamrock 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 | ||
| trifolium reflexum, trifolium stoloniferum, buffalo clover clover of western United States | ||
| trefoil - any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves | ||
| medic, medick | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| genus medicago, medicago a genus of herbs that resemble clover | ||
| 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, medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil, hop clover prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America | ||
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Wiktionary 
- trefoil (Noun)
Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium. - trefoil (Noun)
A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- trefoil (n.)
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. - trefoil (n.)
An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils. - trefoil (n.)
A charge representing the clover leaf.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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trefoil
trē′foil, n. a three-leaved plant, as the white and red clover: (archit.) an ornament like trefoil.—n. Tref′le, a trefoil.—adj. Trefle (tref′lā), ending in a three-lobed figure (her.). [L. trifolium—tres, three, folium, a leaf.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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trefoil
In heraldry, is a frequent charge, representing the clover-leaf, and is always depicted as slipped,--i.e., furnished with a stalk.
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🔤- trefoil, noun, singular of trefoils.
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