trefoil
noun/ˈtɹɛ.fɔɪl/ · /ˈtɹiː.fɔɪl/
Etymology From Middle English trefoil, from Old French trifoil, trefeul, from Latin trifolium, from tri- (“three”) + folium (“leaf”).
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Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
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A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
- "The pristine, unbroken condition of the vessel – sometimes called a trefoil jug – caused the entire dig to 'come to a halt,' Søvsø remarked."2015 June 16, David DeMar, “Ancient Pitcher Discovered in Historic Danish City”, in New Historian:
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Mathematics, Sciences, Topology Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of trefoil knot.
- Derived terms
39 terms
austral trefoil, bean trefoil, big trefoil, birdsfoot trefoil, bird's-foot trefoil, bog bird's-foot trefoil), burgundy trefoil, burr trefoil, bush trefoil, hare's-foot trefoil, heart trefoil, hop trefoil, lesser trefoil, lesser hop trefoil, lesser yellow trefoil, marsh trefoil, meadow bird's-foot trefoil, milk trefoil, moon trefoil, native birdsfoot trefoil, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie trefoil, pseudotrefoil, rabbit-foot clover, showy tick trefoil, shrubby trefoil, snail trefoil, sour trefoil, Spanish trefoil, stinking bean trefoil, sweet trefoil, thorny trefoil, tick-trefoil, trefoiled, trefoillike, trefoilwise, water trefoil, white trefoil, yellow trefoil- Related terms
- trifoliolate, trifolium
- Coordinate terms
- quatrefoil, cinquefoil, hexafoil, sexfoil, octofoil, multifoil, polyfoil