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Definition of Bean trefoil
1. Noun. Shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed.
Group relationships: Anagyris, Genus Anagyris
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Bean trefoil
1. Noun. ''Anagyris foetida'', a leguminous shrub of southern Europe with trifoliate leaves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Bean trefoil
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Literary usage of Bean trefoil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"The broad - kav'd Laburnum, or bean trefoil. z. ... Broad- leav'd Laburnum or
Bean-trefoil, with very ..."
2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"bean trefoil, a European name of the laburnum, X. 75, 1 a. BEAK, animal, II. 417.
Polar bear, 1 c (ill.). Grisly bear, 2 c (ill., 418). (See III. 606, 2 b. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Marsh or bean trefoil. Bog-bean or -myrtle. Fig. 3370. Menyanthes trif oliata L.
Sp. PI. 145. 1753. Rootstock thick, scaly, sometimes i° long, marked by the ..."
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