trifolium

noun

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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Word Origin for trifolium

C17: from Latin, from tri- + folium leaf

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Examples from the Web for trifolium

The Scilly Islands own certain plants peculiar to them; thus, Trifolium repens, var.
Cornwall|Sabine Baring-Gould
Trifolium and Lotus have also been given among other food plants.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series|Richard South
Trifolium saxatile cespitosum (Nagad) is sown on the best meadows for green fodder.
The Highlands of Ethiopia|William Cornwallis Harris
Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum) takes its name from a parish in the south of Sweden.
Clovers and How to Grow Them|Thomas Shaw

Trifolium makes a large web in bushes, but seldom stands in it.
The Common Spiders of the United States|James Henry Emerton