Definition of Bean trefoil

1. Noun. Shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed.

Exact synonyms: Anagyris Foetida, Stinking Bean Trefoil
Group relationships: Anagyris, Genus Anagyris
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Definition of Bean trefoil

1. Noun. ''Anagyris foetida'', a leguminous shrub of southern Europe with trifoliate leaves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Bean trefoil

1. A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bean Trefoil

bean curd
bean curve
bean dip
bean feast
bean goose
bean hole
bean holes
bean plant
bean pole
bean poles
bean queen
bean queens
bean sprout
bean tostada
bean tree
bean trefoil (current term)
bean trefoils
bean weevil
beanbag
beanbags
beanball
beanbrain
beanbrains
beanbrawl
beanbrawls
beanbreath
beanburger
beanburgers
beancake

Literary usage of Bean trefoil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"The broad - kav'd Laburnum, or bean trefoil. z. ... Broad- leav'd Laburnum or Bean-trefoil, with very ..."

2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"bean trefoil, a European name of the laburnum, X. 75, 1 a. BEAK, animal, II. 417. Polar bear, 1 c (ill.). Grisly bear, 2 c (ill., 418). (See III. 606, 2 b. ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Marsh or bean trefoil. Bog-bean or -myrtle. Fig. 3370. Menyanthes trif oliata L. Sp. PI. 145. 1753. Rootstock thick, scaly, sometimes i° long, marked by the ..."

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