What is another word for trefoil?

Pronunciation: [tɹˈɛfɔ͡ɪl] (IPA)

Trefoil refers to a three-leaved plant or symbol that is often associated with good luck. As a plant, trefoil is also known as clover. However, there are several synonyms for the word trefoil, including shamrock, trifolium, medick, and three-leaved. Shamrock and trifolium both refer to the three-leaved plant, while medick is a general term for the leguminous plants that include clover. Three-leaved is also a term used to describe anything that has three leaves, such as a three-leaved clover or a three-leaved bookcase. Each of these synonyms can be used interchangeably with the word trefoil, depending on the context in which it is used.

What are the hypernyms for Trefoil?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Trefoil?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Trefoil

Arches, trefoil-headed, early specimen of, at Jumieges.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
The fields were white with moon-daisies, growing among the long, lush grass; and all the roadsides were a tangle of vetches, campion, bugle, trefoil and speedwells.
"The Manor House School"
Angela Brazil
But clover prefers to stand in pools and eddies, in which oft and oft I have seen the breasts of meadow larks shine like gold, the while a few sweet notes, like rung silver, rose and trembled above the trefoil, all woven, in and out, through the swash of the wind's palpitant currents-a music of unspeakable influence.
"Hoosier Mosaics"
Maurice Thompson

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