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Definition of Trifoly

1. n. Sweet trefoil.

Definition of Trifoly

1. Noun. (obsolete) melilot; sweet clover ¹

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Definition of Trifoly

1. trefoil [n TRIFOLIES] - See also: trefoil

Medical Definition of Trifoly

1. Sweet trefoil. "She was crowned with a chaplet of trifoly." (B. Jonson) Origin: L. Trifolium. See Trifoliate, Trefoil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Trifoly

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

1. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and (1873)
"... describes in 1562 his discovery of the clover species thus :—He noticed an Orobanche by the side of a " common claver or medow trifoly which was all ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"trifoly, Sea. Glaux maritima, L.—Lyte, who says it is so named by Turner. trifoly, Sour. Oxalis Acetosella, L.—Lyte. ..."

3. The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, John Eames, John Martyn (1734)
"... of Tunis is bounded to the North and Eaft with the Mediterranean Sea, to the Weft with the Kingdom of Algier, and to the South with that of trifoly. ..."

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