Trifolium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the genus Trifolium of clovers and trefoils.

    "The larger species (Panax quinquefolium) is rather coarse and ordinary in its appearance; the flowers are very nearly like those of the trifolia, but grow in an irregular and elongated cluster."

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"The larger species (Panax quinquefolium) is rather coarse and ordinary in its appearance; the flowers are very nearly like those of the trifolia, but grow in an irregular and elongated cluster."

Etymology

From the genus name.

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