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trefoil::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clover |
| Type of | herbaceous plant, herb |
| Has types | trifolium incarnatum, trifolium pratense, trifolium reflexum, purple clover, red clover, shamrock, crimson clover, trifolium stoloniferum, buffalo clover, alpine clover, dutch clover, white clover, trifolium alpinum, trifolium dubium, lesser yellow trefoil, trifolium repens, hop clover, italian clover |
trefoil::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | medic, medick |
| Type of | herbaceous plant, herb |
| Has types | sickle medick, black medick, calvary clover, hop clover, lucerne, medicago arborea, medicago echinus, medicago falcata, medicago intertexta, medicago lupulina, medicago sativa, moon trefoil, nonesuch clover, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, alfalfa, yellow trefoil |
trefoil::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | architectural ornament |
Examples of trefoil
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Onto the second, my mother did the honors, though this pin was trefoil-shaped.
From the dallasnews.com
The building has a trefoil plan with a central spire where the three circles meet.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So on 15 February it launched the new design, adding alarming images to the trefoil.
From the newscientist.com
Roll dough, cut into trefoil shapes and sprinkle sugar on top, if desired.
From the washingtonpost.com
In 1914 he proved that the left and right trefoil knots are not equivalent.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Chemists have previously created a prime knot called a trefoil with three crossing points.
From the newscientist.com
Trefoil shortbreads were the original bakery cookies, and continue to be a good seller.
From the delawareonline.com
We saw a lot of wild garlic, scabia, buddleia, bird's-foot trefoil and greater knapweed.
From the guardian.co.uk
It was red with flames and had the Boy Scout's emblem, a trefoil, on it.
From the courier-journal.com
- Medic: any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
- Clover: a plant of the genus Trifolium
- An architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle
- Trefoil (from Latin trifolium, "three-leaved plant", French tru00E8fle, Italian trifoglio, German Dreiblatt and Dreiblattbogen, Dutch klaver same as clubs) is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings used in architecture and Christian symbolism. The term is also applied to other symbols of three-fold shape.
- La Belle Lucie is a solitaire game where the object is to build the cards into the foundations. All cards are visible from the start, but this does not imply that this game is solvable with strategy. The default rule is very hard to win. The majority of games cannot be solved. ...
- (tree'-foil) A charge representing the three-leaved clover. Like the rose, it is generally, though not always, borne without a stalk.
- The international symbol of WAGGGS. The three leaves represent the three parts of the Girl Scout Promise.
- A three-leaved figure usually slipped at the base.
- Form of Gothic ornament in the shape of three symmetrical leaves. A quatrefoil has four leaves, a cinquefoil five. Much used in the nineteenth-century Gothic revival.
