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• trefoil — ► NOUN 1) a small plant with yellow flowers and three lobed clover like leaves. 2) architectural tracery in the form of three rounded lobes like a clover leaf. 3) a thing having three parts. ORIGIN Latin trifolium, from tri three + folium leaf …   English terms dictionary

• trefoil — /tree foyl, tref oyl/, n. 1. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers. 2. any …   Universalium

• trefoil — [ trɛfɔɪl, tri:fɔɪl] noun 1》 a small plant with yellow flowers and three lobed clover like leaves. [Genera Trifolium and Lotus: several species.] 2》 architectural tracery in the form of three rounded lobes like a clover leaf. 3》 a thing having… …   English new terms dictionary

• Large Hop Trefoil — Taxobox name = Large Hop Trefoil image width = 240px image caption = Large Hop Trefoil in southern Quebec regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia = Faboideae genus = Trifolium… …   Wikipedia

• Snail trefoil — Snail Snail (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air breathing gastropods belonging to the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• snail trefoil — Snail Snail (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air breathing gastropods belonging to the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Moon trefoil — Moon Moon (m[=oo]n), n. [OE. mone, AS. m[=o]na; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG. m[=a]no, G. mond, Icel. m[=a]ni, Dan. maane, Sw. m[*a]ne, Goth. m[=e]na, Lith. men[*u], L. mensis month, Gr. mh nh moon, mh n month, Skr. m[=a]s moon, month; prob. from a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Thorny trefoil — Thorny Thorn y, a. [Compar. {Thornier}; superl. {Thorniest}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.] 1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• birdsfoot trefoil — /bɜdzfʊt ˈtrɛfɔɪl/ (say berdzfoot trefoyl) noun 1. a herbaceous plant, Lotus corniculatus, having yellow flowers, sometimes with red markings, the legumes of which spread like a crow s foot. 2. any similar plant of the same genus. Also, bird s… …  

• bird's-foot trefoil — /berrdz foot / 1. a plant, Lotus corniculatus, of the legume family, the pods of which spread like a crow s foot, grown for forage. 2. any similar plant of the same genus. [1825 35] * * * Perennial, spreading, herbaceous legume (Lotus… …   Universalium

• bird's-foot trefoil — bird s′ foot tre′foil n. pln a plant, Lotus corniculatus, of the legume family, the pods of which spread like a crow s foot: grown for forage …   From formal English to slang