trifolium
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of trifolium
C17: from Latin, from tri- + folium leaf
Example Sentences
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This year, for the first time, oxalis raisers found their market seriously invaded by the genuine article, trifolium repens.
From Time Magazine Archive
One sometimes sees on a hillside a ploughed field of red earth which at a distance might easily be taken for a field of blossoming trifolium.
From Afoot in England by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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
Meantime the trifolium appeared like blood spilt among the grass.
From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard
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