trifolium

/ traɪˈfəʊlɪəm /

noun

1. any leguminous plant of the temperate genus Trifolium , having leaves divided into three leaflets and dense heads of small white, yellow, red, or purple flowers: includes the clovers and trefoils

Word History and Origins

Origin of trifolium¹

C17: from Latin, from tri- + folium leaf

Example Sentences

What’s more, by systematically excluding certain bee traits—like shorter tongues—and then tracking which plants got pollinated in a given area, they were able to link certain acoustic frequencies to the successful pollination of different flowering clovers, including Trifolium dasyphyllum and T. parryi.

From Science Magazine

Flowers much as in Trifolium, but in spike-like racemes, small; corolla deciduous, free from the stamen-tube.

From Project Gutenberg

A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.

From Project Gutenberg

In the western counties of England, and generally by agriculturists, the name honeysuckle is applied to the meadow clover, Trifolium pratense.

From Project Gutenberg

The clover was considered as being especially "noisome to witches," and the "holy trefoil charm" was a powerful spell against their harm; the "trefoil" being the most widely used title of the clover—Trifolium, as it is in the botany—three leaved.

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