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trefoil

noun
/ˈtɹɛ.fɔɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English trefoil, from Old French trifoil, trefeul, from Latin trifolium, from tri- (“three”) + folium (“leaf”).

  1. derived from trifolium
  2. derived from trifoil
  3. inherited from trefoil

Definitions

  1. Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves

    Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.

  2. A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural…

    A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.

    • "The pristine, unbroken condition of the vessel – sometimes called a trefoil jug – caused the entire dig to 'come to a halt,' Søvsø remarked."

  3. Ellipsis of trefoil knot.

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Derived

austral trefoil, bean trefoil, big trefoil, birdsfoot trefoil, bird's-foot trefoil, bog bird's-foot trefoil), burgundy trefoil, burr trefoil, bush trefoil, hare's-foot trefoil, heart trefoil, hop trefoil, lesser trefoil, lesser hop trefoil, lesser yellow trefoil, marsh trefoil, meadow bird's-foot trefoil, milk trefoil, moon trefoil, native birdsfoot trefoil, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie trefoil, rabbit-foot clover, showy tick trefoil, shrubby trefoil, snail trefoil, sour trefoil, Spanish trefoil, stinking bean trefoil, sweet trefoil, thorny trefoil, tick-trefoil, water trefoil, white trefoil, yellow trefoil

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at trefoil. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at trefoil. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at trefoil

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA