Definition of Trefoil. Meaning of Trefoil. Synonyms of Trefoil

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Definition of Trefoil

Trefoil
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.

Meaning of Trefoil from wikipedia

- A trefoil (from Latin trifolium 'three-leaved plant') is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings, used in architecture, Pagan...
- Look up trefoil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A trefoil (three leaf) is a graphic form composed of three leaves or lobes. Trefoil may also refer...
- knot theory, a branch of mathematics, the trefoil knot is the simplest example of a nontrivial knot. The trefoil can be obtained by joining the two loose...
- Common names include common bird's-foot trefoil, eggs and bacon, birdsfoot deervetch, and just bird's-foot trefoil (a name also often applied to other Lotus...
- USS Trefoil has been the name of two ships of the United States Navy. USS Trefoil (1865), a wooden-hulled **** steamboat purchased by the Navy and used...
- USS Trefoil was a 370-ton steamer purchased by the Union Navy at the last year of the American Civil War. Trefoil, with a crew of 44 and a powerful Parrott...
- conflicts on event infographics. The international radiation symbol is a trefoil around a small central circle representing radiation from an atom. It first...
- A trefoil arch, or three-foiled cusped arch (occasionally trilobite arch, no connection to an actual trilobite), is an arch incorporating the shape or...
- trefoil, large trefoil, large hop clover, golden clover or hop clover, is a species of flowering plant native to much of Eurasia. Large hop trefoil is...
- names include narrowleaf trefoil, narrow-leaved bird's-foot-trefoil, slender trefoil, creeping trefoil, or prostrate trefoil. "Lotus tenuis Waldst. &...