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Trefoil

noun

Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves. Synonyms: medic, medick.

A plant of the genus Trifolium. Synonym: clover.

An architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle.

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"Trefoil" Quotes from Famous Books

... the former. Under the sweet galvanism of her stroking hand the rabbit was presently so much better that when she offered him a blade of the neglected clover, the equilateral triangle of his queer mouth was immediately set in motion, the trefoil vanished, and when he was once more placed in the crib he went on with his meal as if nothing had happened. The children were in ecstasies, and cousin Dorothy was from that moment popular and on the ...

— St. George and St. Michael • George MacDonald

Words linked to "Trefoil" : architectural ornament, Medicago arborea, herb, dutch clover, Trifolium dubium, sickle medick, Trifolium alpinum, Trifolium repens, nonesuch clover, Trifolium reflexum, black medick, Trifolium, lucerne, herbaceous plant, Calvary clover, Trifolium incarnatum, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, Medicago echinus, red clover, Trifolium pratense, Medicago intertexta, alpine clover, Medicago lupulina, prairie trefoil, Trifolium stoloniferum, Medicago falcata, genus Medicago, purple clover, Medicago sativa, Italian clover, buffalo clover, genus Trifolium, shamrock, hop clover, alfalfa, Medicago, crimson clover, white clover