trefoil vs Trifolium incarnatum

Trifolium incarnatum vs trefoil

trefoil and Trifolium incarnatum both are nouns.

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

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

trefoil: a plant of the genus Trifolium
Trifolium incarnatum: southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage

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

trefoil (noun)	Trifolium incarnatum (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage
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 incarnatum

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