trefoil vs Medicago echinus

Medicago echinus vs trefoil

trefoil and Medicago echinus both are nouns.

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

As nouns, Medicago echinus is a hyponym of trefoil; that is, Medicago echinus 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 echinus: an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots

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

trefoil (noun)	Medicago echinus (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots
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 echinus

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