trefoil vs Trifolium dubium

Trifolium dubium vs trefoil

trefoil and Trifolium dubium both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trefoil	Yes	No	No	No
Trifolium dubium	Yes	No	No	No

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

trefoil: a plant of the genus Trifolium
Trifolium dubium: clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock

Other hyponyms of trefoil include alpine clover, Trifolium alpinum, hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, shamrock, crimson clover, Italian clover, Trifolium incarnatum, purple clover, red clover, Trifolium pratense, buffalo clover, Trifolium reflexum, Trifolium stoloniferum, dutch clover, shamrock, Trifolium repens, white clover.

trefoil (noun)	Trifolium dubium (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
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 Trifolium dubium

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