Definitions for trefoil
ˈtri fɔɪl, ˈtrɛf ɔɪltre·foil

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. medic, medick, trefoilnoun

   any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

2. clover, trefoilnoun

   a plant of the genus Trifolium

3. trefoilnoun

   an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trefoilnoun

   Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.

2. trefoilnoun

   A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.

3. Etymology: tri- + folium (leaf).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trefoilnoun

   A plant.

   Etymology: trifolium, Lat.

   The trefoil hath a papilionaceous flower, consisting of the standard, the wings and keel coming out of the empalement together with the pointal covered with its fringed sheath: it becomes a capsule hidden in the empalement, and full of seeds shaped like a kidney, adhering close to the capsule when ripe: some have flowers consisting of one leaf, and filled with kidney-shaped seeds: to this must be added, that the leaves grow by threes, seldom by four or fives, on a common footstalk. Philip Miller.

   Hope, by the ancients, was drawn in the form of a sweet and beautiful child, standing upon tiptoes, and a trefoil, or three-leaved grass in her hand. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

   Some sow trefoil or rye-grass with their clover. John Mortimer.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trefoil

   A trefoil (from Latin trifolium 'three-leaved plant') is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings, used in architecture and Christian symbolism, among other areas. The term is also applied to other symbols with a threefold shape. A similar shape with four rings is called a quatrefoil.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trefoil

   A trefoil is a graphical or architectural design that typically consists of three overlapping rings or lobes. In botany, it is used to describe a plant, especially a clover, with leaves divided into three leaflets. It’s also a term used in mathematics to indicate a particular type of knot with three loops. Essentially, the word "trefoil" comes from the Latin "tres" for three and "folium" for leaf and generally refers to anything that is three-lobed, three-ringed, or three-leaved.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trefoilnoun

   any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic

2. Trefoilnoun

   an ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils

3. Trefoilnoun

   a charge representing the clover leaf

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trefoil

   Trefoil 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.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trefoil

   In heraldry, is a frequent charge, representing the clover-leaf, and is always depicted as slipped,—i.e., furnished with a stalk.

Matched Categories

1. • Architectural Ornament
   • Herb
   • Herbaceous Plant

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Anagrams for trefoil »

1. loftier

How to pronounce trefoil?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say trefoil in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trefoil in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trefoil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trefoil
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trefoil
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=trefoil
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trefoil
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trefoil
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=trefoil
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=trefoil