trefoil vs Trifolium repens

Trifolium repens vs trefoil

trefoil and Trifolium repens both are nouns.

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

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

trefoil: a plant of the genus Trifolium
Trifolium repens: creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage

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

trefoil (noun)	Trifolium repens (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown 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 repens

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