trefoil
noun (trefoils)
Everyday
A trefoil is a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover. It can also mean a shape with three rounded lobes. tree →
In the lessons
in old tales a trefoil is a flower with three white leaves that springs up where someone walks; in lessons it can name a three-lobed pattern in art
Examples
- Four white trefoils sprang up where she trod. tree →
- A clover is a trefoil with three leaves. tree →
- The gardener planted a row of trefoils by the path. tree →
Note
nothing for maths unless a problem counts leaves: each trefoil has 3 leaves.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «trefoil» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «trefoil» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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