Trifolium
- noun
- /ˈtraɪfoʊliəm/
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Trifolium
- Um, and then there's Trifolium.
- Trifolium clover
- Trifolium repens
- white Trifolium
Examples
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The gardener planted Trifolium to improve soil health and provide a habitat for beneficial insects.
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Trifolium.
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Clover, known scientifically as Trifolium, is often found in gardens for its beauty and ability to attract pollinators.
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Many farmers incorporate Trifolium varieties into their crop rotations to enhance soil fertility.
Synonyms
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A small green plant with three round leaves that farm animals often eat
A group of plants like clover whose leaves have three parts
Compounds
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A common low plant with three-part green leaves and white or pink flowers that grows in lawns
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A rare clover plant from the western United States known as running buffalo clover
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A low clover plant with fragrant pink flowers that grows in high European mountain meadows
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A small clover plant with yellow flowers often used as the Irish shamrock
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A clover with bright red flower heads grown for animal feed and to protect soil
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A clover plant with red-pink flowers grown for animal feed and to improve soil
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A North American clover called buffalo clover that grows in open fields
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trifolium comes from Latin parts tri- 'three' and folium 'leaf'. It is the name for the clover plant, which has leaves made of three small leaf parts, so the word literally means 'three leaves'.