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

Red heads of trifolium dot the ground; the vetches have long since been out, and are so still; along the hedges parsley forms a white fringe.

From The Toilers of the Field by Jefferies, Richard

Sometimes in early June the bright trifolium, drooping with its weight of flower, brushes against the passer-by—acre after acre of purple.

From Nature Near London 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