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Meaning of TRIFOLIUM

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
 
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 Synonyms: genus Trifolium
 
 See Also: clover, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family, rosid dicot genus, trefoil

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tri*fo"li*um\, n. [L., clover.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and
usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species,
all of which are called clover. See {Clover}.
 

 

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