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Definition of Trifolium
1. Noun. Any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Fabaceae, Family Fabaceae, Family Leguminosae, Legume Family, Leguminosae, Pea Family
Member holonyms: Clover, Trefoil
Definition of Trifolium
1. n. 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.
Definition of Trifolium
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Medical Definition of Trifolium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trifolium
Literary usage of Trifolium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"It is indigenous northward to Christiania. trifolium ... trifolium repens,
Rivin.* The ordinary White Clover, called also Dutch Clover and Shamrock Clover. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"trifolium pratense, L.—Ger. " Under that tree, and on the ... An agricultural
name for trifolium minus, Sm. Suffolk Grass. See Grass, Suffolk. Sugar plums. ..."
3. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"I. trifolium D. a ; Browne Jam. 299.)—Leaves ovate, fringed ; downy and glutinous
on both fides. ... Willd. n. 5. Swartz Stockh. Tr. as above. (trifolium ..."
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