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trefoil [O.Fr.,=three-leaf], in botany, name for several plants, chiefly of the pulse family, having trifoliate leaves. Best known of the trefoils is clover. The bird's-foot trefoil ( Lotus corniculatus ) is an Old World forage plant and weed that has been naturalized in North America; the prairie trefoil ( L. americanus ) is a related native American plant. The shrubby trefoil is the hop tree. Tick trefoil is a name for the tickseed, or beggarweed .

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trefoil an ornamental design of three rounded lobes like a clover leaf, used typically in architectural tracery.

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trefoil Any of numerous plants, such as clover, with leaves divided into three parts. Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) is used as hay and forage. Family Fabaceae/Leguminosae.

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