trefoil vs Medicago lupulina

Medicago lupulina vs trefoil

trefoil and Medicago lupulina both are nouns.

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

As nouns, Medicago lupulina is a hyponym of trefoil; that is, Medicago lupulina 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 lupulina: prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America

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

trefoil (noun)	Medicago lupulina (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
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 lupulina

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