trefoil

English

Trifolium repens

Architectural trefoil

Etymology

Latin tri- + folium (leaf).

Noun

trefoil (plural trefoils)

1. (botany) Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
2. A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.

Coordinate terms

• quatrefoil
• cinquefoil
• sexfoil
• huitfoil

See also

• multifoil
• polyfoil

Translations

plant

Czech: trojlístek (cs) m. Danish: trekløver (da) c. Esperanto: trifolio (eo) Finnish: kolmiapila (fi) French: trèfle (fr) m.

Ido: trifolio (io) Latin: trifolium (la) n. Polish: koniczyna (pl) f. Romanian: trifoi (ro) Scottish Gaelic: seamrag (gd) f., barra-mhìslein (gd) m.

symbol

Czech: trojlist (cs) m. German: Dreipass (de) m.

Anagrams

• loftier