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Webster 1913 Edition


Trifolium


Tri-fo′li-um

,
Noun.
[L., clover.]
(Bot.)
A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See
Clover
.

Definition 2024


Trifolium

Trifolium

See also: trifolium

Translingual

Trifolium badium

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Trifolium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the clovers or trefoils.

Hypernyms

Translations

trifolium

trifolium

See also: Trifolium

Latin

Noun

trifolium n (genitive trifoliī); second declension

  1. trefoil, clover

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative trifolium trifolia
genitive trifoliī trifoliōrum
dative trifoliō trifoliīs
accusative trifolium trifolia
ablative trifoliō trifoliīs
vocative trifolium trifolia

Descendants

  • Ido: trifolio
  • Italian: trifoglio
  • Old French: trefeuil
  • Occitan: trefuèlh
  • Portuguese: trevo
  • Romanian: trifoi
  • Sardinian: tirifozi, tirvozu, travullu, trevúgliu, trivudhu
  • Sicilian: trifogghiu
  • Spanish: trébol, trifolio
  • Venetian: trifògio, strafòjo, strafoi

Related terms

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