trefoil
English
Trifolium repens
Architectural trefoil
Etymology
From Middle English trefoil, from Old French trifoil, trefeul, from Latin trifolium, from tri- (“three”) + folium (“leaf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛ.fɔɪl/, /ˈtɹiː.fɔɪl/
Noun
trefoil (plural trefoils)
- Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
- A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
- Synonym: threefoil
- 2015, New Historian, "Ancient Pitcher Discovered in Historic Danish City", by David DeMar, 16 June 2015
- "The pristine, unbroken condition of the vessel – sometimes called a trefoil jug – caused the entire dig to 'come to a halt,' Søvsø remarked."
- (topology) Ellipsis of trefoil knot.
Coordinate terms
- quatrefoil
- cinquefoil
- hexafoil
- sexfoil
- octofoil
- multifoil
- polyfoil
Derived terms
terms derived from trefoil
- austral trefoil (Lotus australis)
- bean trefoil (Anagyris foetida)
- big trefoil (Lotus uliginosus)
- birdsfoot trefoil, bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus, Lotus australis)
- bog bird's-foot trefoil) (Hosackia pinnata)
- snail trefoil (Medicago scutellata)
- burgundy trefoil (Medicago sativa)
- burr trefoil (Medicago polymorpha)
- bush trefoil (Desmodium spp.)
- hare's-foot trefoil (Trifolium arvense)
- heart trefoil (Medicago arabica)
- hop trefoil (Medicago lupulina etc.)
- lesser trefoil, lesser hop trefoil, lesser yellow trefoil (Trifolium dubium)
- marsh trefoil (Menyanthes trifoliata)
- meadow bird's-foot trefoil (Hosackia pinnata)
- milk trefoil (Laburnum anagyroides, syn. Cytisus laburnum)
- moon trefoil (Medicago arborea)
- native birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus australis)
- prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie trefoil (Lotus americanus)
- rabbit-foot clover (Trifolium arvense)
- showy tick trefoil (Desmodium canadense)
- shrubby trefoil (Ptelea trifoliata)
- snail trefoil (Medicago scutellata)
- sour trefoil (Oxalis acetosella)
- Spanish trefoil (Medicago sativa)
- stinking bean trefoil (Anagyris foetida)
- sweet trefoil (Trigonella caerulea)
- thorny trefoil (Fagonia spp.)
- tick trefoil (Desmodium spp.)
- water trefoil (Menyanthes trifoliata)
- white trefoil (Trifolium repens)
- yellow trefoil (Medicago lupulina)
Translations
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Anagrams
- loftier