trifolium

British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of trifolium

C17: from Latin, from _tri- + folium leaf

Example Sentences

This year, for the first time, oxalis raisers found their market seriously invaded by the genuine article, trifolium repens.

From Time Magazine Archive

I suppose the plant you mean is trifolium corniculatum, or bird's-foot trefoil.-J.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John

Sometimes in early June the bright trifolium, drooping with its weight of flower, brushes against the passer-by—acre after acre of purple.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

Red trifolium is a favourite crop; it is not much redder than the land which bears it.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard

The luxuriant purple of trifolium, acres of rich colour, glowed in the sunlight.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard