trefoil vs Medicago sativa

Medicago sativa vs trefoil

trefoil and Medicago sativa both are nouns.

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

As nouns, Medicago sativa is a hyponym of trefoil; that is, Medicago sativa 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 sativa: important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop

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, Medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil, alfalfa, lucerne.

trefoil (noun)	Medicago sativa (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
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 sativa

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