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Definition of Moon trefoil
1. Noun. Evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moon Trefoil
Literary usage of Moon 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)
"Annual Moon - trefoil, with the Appearance of Trefoil. 2. MED 1C А со vulneraria
facie, ... Shrubby three leav'd ho;¡ry Moon-trefoil, by many fup- ..."
2. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"MEDICAGO; Moon-Trefoil. The Characters are ; It hath л papilionaceous Flower,
... Spanish Moon- Trefoil, with the Appearance of Vulneraria. ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Fenton. What beckoning ghost along the moonlight shado Invites my steps, and
points to yonder glade 1 Pope. The moon-trefoil hath a plain ..."
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