Definition of Trifolium

1. Noun. Any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets.

Exact synonyms: Genus Trifolium
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Fabaceae, Family Fabaceae, Family Leguminosae, Legume Family, Leguminosae, Pea Family
Member holonyms: Clover, Trefoil

Definition of Trifolium

1. n. A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover.

Definition of Trifolium

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Medical Definition of Trifolium

1. A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover. Origin: L, clover. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trifolium

trifluridine
triflyl azide
trifocal
trifocal lens
trifocals
trifold
trifoliata
trifoliate
trifoliate orange
trifoliated
trifolies
trifoliolate
trifoliolate leaf
trifoliosis
trifolirhizin
trifolium (current term)
trifoliums
trifoly
triforia
triforium
triform
triformed
triformity
trifunctional
trifunctionality
trifunctionally
trifuran
trifurans
trifurcate
trifurcated

Literary usage of Trifolium

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

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"It is indigenous northward to Christiania. trifolium ... trifolium repens, Rivin.* The ordinary White Clover, called also Dutch Clover and Shamrock Clover. ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"trifolium pratense, L.—Ger. " Under that tree, and on the ... An agricultural name for trifolium minus, Sm. Suffolk Grass. See Grass, Suffolk. Sugar plums. ..."

3. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"I. trifolium D. a ; Browne Jam. 299.)—Leaves ovate, fringed ; downy and glutinous on both fides. ... Willd. n. 5. Swartz Stockh. Tr. as above. (trifolium ..."

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