trefoil

English Thesaurus

1. an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	architectural ornament,
definition	:	(architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance (noun.artifact)

2. a plant of the genus Trifolium (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	herb, herbaceous plant,
definition	:	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	alpine clover, trifolium alpinum,
definition	:	European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, shamrock, trifolium dubium,
definition	:	clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	crimson clover, italian clover, trifolium incarnatum,
definition	:	southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	purple clover, red clover, trifolium pratense,
definition	:	erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	buffalo clover, trifolium reflexum, trifolium stoloniferum,
definition	:	clover of western United States (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	dutch clover, shamrock, trifolium repens, white clover,
definition	:	creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus trifolium, trifolium,
definition	:	any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets (noun.plant)

3. any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	herb, herbaceous plant,
definition	:	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	medicago arborea, moon trefoil,
definition	:	evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	medicago falcata, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick,
definition	:	European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	calvary clover, medicago echinus, medicago intertexta,
definition	:	an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	black medick, hop clover, medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil,
definition	:	prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	alfalfa, lucerne, medicago sativa,
definition	:	important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus medicago, medicago,
definition	:	a genus of herbs that resemble clover (noun.plant)