Definition for TRE'FOIL

TRE'FOIL, n. [Fr. tréfle; L. trifolium; tres, three, and folium, leaf.]

The common name for many species of the genus Trifolium; also, in agriculture, a name of the Medicago Lupulina, a plant resembling clover, with yellow flowers, much cultivated for hay and fodder. Cyc.

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