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trefoil
/ˈtɹɛ.fɔɪl/
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What does trefoil mean?
noun
- Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
- A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
- Ellipsis of trefoil knot.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtɹɛ.fɔɪl/
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/ˈtɹiː.fɔɪl/
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The niches are very small, and the long slips in the middle are divided every now and then with the trefoil.
The eight of clubs, for instance, represented a huge tree bearing eight enormous trefoil leaves, a sort of fantastic personification of the forest.
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The envelope is made up of three longitudinal lobes, one above and two below, which when viewed end on gives it a trefoil appearance.
The envelope was of trefoil shape, this being due to the interior rigging from the suspension band; the exterior appearance is that of two lobes side by side, overlaid by a third.
Among the first, my notes mention the following: Convolvulus cantabrica, or flax-leaved bindweed; Lotus symmetricus, or bird's-foot trefoil; Teucrium polium, or poly; and the flowery heads of the Phragmites communis, or common reed.