trifolium

/ (traɪˈfəʊlɪəm) /

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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

Words nearby trifolium

trifocal, trifold, trifoliate, trifoliate orange, trifoliolate, trifolium, triforium, triform, trifunctional, trifurcate, trig

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How to use trifolium in a sentence

The biological meaning of the curious structure of the leaves of Trifolium resupinatum remains a riddle.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II|Charles Darwin
Trifolium saxatile cespitosum (Nagad) is sown on the best meadows for green fodder.
The Highlands of Ethiopia|William Cornwallis Harris
The farmers call it trifolium, probably Trifolium incarnatum.
Fresh Fields|John Burroughs
Trifolium and Lotus have also been given among other food plants.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series|Richard South

Trifolium with a monopetalous flower, of a white colour, (T. pratense).
Lachesis Lapponica|Carl von Linn