trefoil vs Medicago arborea

Medicago arborea vs trefoil

trefoil and Medicago arborea both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trefoil	Yes	No	No	No
Medicago arborea	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Medicago arborea is a hyponym of trefoil; that is, Medicago arborea is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than trefoil:

trefoil: any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
Medicago arborea: evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods

Other hyponyms of trefoil include moon trefoil, Medicago falcata, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Calvary clover, Medicago echinus, Medicago intertexta, black medick, hop clover, Medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil, alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa.

trefoil (noun)	Medicago arborea (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods
a plant of the genus Trifolium
any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

Difference between trefoil and Medicago arborea

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