trifolium

British  

/ traɪˈfəʊlɪəm /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of trifolium

C17: from Latin, from _tri- + folium leaf

Example Sentences

This year, for the first time, oxalis raisers found their market seriously invaded by the genuine article, trifolium repens.

From Time Magazine Archive

I suppose the plant you mean is trifolium corniculatum, or bird's-foot trefoil.-J.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John

Or I should row on up the great stream by meadows full of golden buttercups, past fields crimson with trifolium or green with young wheat.

From The Open Air by Jefferies, Richard

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

Meantime the trifolium appeared like blood spilt among the grass.

From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard