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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trefoil  \Tre"foil\,  n.  [L.  tres  three  +  E.  foil  leaf;  cf  F. 
  fr[`e]fle,  It  trifoglio  L.  trifolium.  See  {Tri-},  {Foil} 
  leaf,  and  cf  {Trifoly}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  Any  plant  of  the  genus  {Trifolium},  which  includes 
  the  white  clover,  red  clover,  etc.;  --  less  properly, 
  applied  also  to  the  nonesuch,  or  black  medic.  See 
  {Clover},  and  {Medic}. 
 
  2.  (Arch.)  An  ornamental  foliation  consisting  of  three 
  divisions,  or  foils. 
 
  3.  (Her.)  A  charge  representing  the  clover  leaf. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trefoil 
  n  1:  any  of  several  Old  World  herbs  of  the  genus  Medicago  having 
  small  flowers  and  trifoliate  compound  leaves  [syn:  {medic}, 
  {medick}] 
  2:  a  plant  of  the  genus  Trifolium  [syn:  {clover}] 
  3:  an  architectural  ornament  in  the  form  of  three  arcs  arranged 
  in  a  circle




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